Maya Schenwar

Maya Schenwar is director of the Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism and board president at Truthout . She is the coauthor (with Victoria Law) of Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms and the author of Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better . Maya is also the coeditor (with Joe Macaré and Alana YuLan Price) of Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? Police Violence and Resistance in the United States , and has written for...See more

Maya Schenwar is director of the Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism and board president at Truthout . She is the coauthor (with Victoria Law) of Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms and the author of Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better . Maya is also the coeditor (with Joe Macaré and Alana YuLan Price) of Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? Police Violence and Resistance in the United States , and has written for The New York Times , The Guardian , The Nation , and numerous other publications. Maya is a cofounder of the Chicago Community Bond Fund and organizes with the Love & Protect collective. She lives in Chicago with her partner, child, and abolitionist cat. See less