Finding Purpose and Power Where Darkness Lives: Cheryl Wilkins' Journey Through Incarceration

Aug 26, 2025 6 mins

A person with their arms crossed wearing a plaid shirt and glasses in front of images of women's faces.

Cheryl Wilkins, co-founder and co-director at Columbia University’s Center for Justice, talks about her experience as a queer woman inside prison and "walking up" to the systemic reasons for incarceration.