Kelsey Bolar, director of IW Features, a project of Independent Women’s Forum, will provide expert testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism. In a hearing titled “Sexual Assault in U.S. Prisons Two Decades After the Prison Rape Elimination Act,” Bolar will share real stories of female inmates who were housed alongside males. These and numerous others are highlighted in IW Features’ Cruel and Unusual Punishment series.

Watch the hearing live on Wednesday, September 25th, at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time:

Bolar’s full written testimony will be available below once the hearing begins.