Who Speaks For Me? is an advocacy and activist-driven prison abolition organization working to create alternatives to incarceration and opportunities to heal from trauma before, during and post incarceration for women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people. Our programs and services aim to interrupt and dismantle the Trauma-to-Prison Pipeline™, reduce recidivism, and increase successful reentry. WSFM intersects the relationship between reproductive oppression, sexism, mental health, structural racism, and mass incarceration by centering Black women–who sit at the intersection of race and gender.

Approximately 86% of women detained in carceral spaces have survived trauma. Taylar Nuevelle coined the phrase and concept of the Trauma-to-Prison Pipeline™ in 2015, specifically based on how it impacts women, girls, & LGBTQ+ people. In 2016, Taylar wrote in a blog for the Vera Institute, “Conversations about the trauma-to-prison pipeline for women are dissected in private meetings, but in order to achieve true reform these issues need to be on the front page of The Washington Post and The New York Times.” WSFM knows the unique challenges faced by justice-involved women, girls and LGBTQ+ people and it is from this vantage point that we aim to dismantle the Trauma-to-Prison Pipeline™ as well as provide resources and opportunities to heal.