Christy Hall

Christy Hall
Organization / Company: Birth Attendants

Christy Hall is
a co-founder of the Birth Attendants and worked as a doula and
organizer with the group consistently from December of 2002 until June
of 2006. She now continues her work with The Birth Attendants as
Development Coordinator and works on other special projects with the
organization. In her other organizing work, she continues to focus on reproductive justice and the rights of incarcerated people. She is
involved with an organization called the New Leadership Networking
Initiative (NLNI), a project of the Civil Liberties and Policy Program
at Hampshire College.

Christy Hall's articles

From Inside Prisons, Mothers Long for Their Children

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by Christy Hall, Birth Attendants

May 9, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

The majority of women in prison are mothers of minor children, and women are the fastest-growing prison population in the country. We need to recognize and treat with compassion the humanity of these mothers.
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