I live in New York City which is at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic. I wear a face mask to walk my dog every day. People pass by and our dogs sniff each other while we chat from a social distance, and more than one dog owner has told…

“It will be harder for you to be in prison than it was for me to be in a concentration camp.” My 93-year-old mom, who survived the Holocaust, died of COVID-19 in an assisted living facility in New Jersey on April 5. …

Needed: A Jewish response to mass incarceration I am a formerly incarcerated Jewish lesbian and the child of two Holocaust survivors. I served time in two federal…blogs.timesofisrael.com I am a formerly incarcerated Jewish lesbian and the child of two Holocaust survivors. I served time in two federal prisons, including stints in solitary confinement. On the first day of my incarceration, I requested and was given a Siddur — a Jewish prayer book. By the second day, I…

Witness to Mass Incarceration Receives Matching Grant from The Good People Fund For Immediate Release Contact: Evie Litwok, witnesstoMI@gmail.com New York — May 6, 2019- Witness to Mass Incarceration (WMI), a non-profit organization working to raise public awareness of conditions within the nation’s prisons and advance penal reforms, has received…

By. H. Glenn Rosenkrantz She described a journey through a darkness most know nothing about — that of a professional Jewish woman navigating the netherworld of prison life and later reemerging into society to reclaim her dignity and purpose. Evie Litwok was at a New Jersey synagogue speaking at a social action Shabbat, and…

It looks like Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman will at least be doing some time in federal prison for their parts in this college admissions scandal. …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Evie Litwok, EvieLitwok@gmail.com Should Mass Incarceration include a body count when trapped behind bars? March 4, 2019: The devastation of two back-to-back tornadoes became clear as the sun rose above Lee County, Alabama. Journalists are on site, reporting on the heroic acts of first responders going…

Before I left, my mother told me that prison would be harder for me than surviving the holocaust was for her. By the time I was incarcerated for a second time at age 60, I had been persecuted on the inside and out for being an open, unapologetic lesbian. When…

Prison Is No Place For The Elderly — Even Paul Manafort Rachel Davidson Evie Litwok is the Founder and Director of Witness to Mass Incarceration (WMI), a storytelling, interviewing and organizing archival project that documents the lives of formerly incarcerated women and other LGBTQ people. The views and opinions expressed…