LONDON, 29 July 2025 – Women Beyond Walls, the podcast exploring the human stories behind women’s incarceration, today launches its second season with the powerful story of Teresa Njoroge — a mother, banker, and now justice advocate, whose wrongful imprisonment in Kenya transformed her life and mission. 

Hosted by human rights lawyer and activist Sabrina Mahtani, Season 2 features seven full episodes and three deep-dive minisodes unpacking the global drivers behind the mass incarceration of women — from poverty and gender-based violence to criminal justice failures and discriminatory laws. “We created this podcast to centre the voices so often excluded from justice conversations,” said podcast host Sabrina Mahtani. “Season 2 expands that work, from Kenya to the US to Indonesia, we hear from women directly impacted by incarceration, as well as from those daring to imagine alternatives.” 

The premiere episode features Teresa Njoroge, who was imprisoned with her infant daughter.. During her sentence, she witnessed firsthand how the system punishes poverty, meeting women incarcerated for selling food without a licence, loitering, or surviving abuse. After her release and exoneration, Teresa founded Clean Start Africa, now operating in several prisons and communities across Kenya. “When you imprison a woman, you imprison a family,” Teresa says. “We punish people, then abandon them. Many never even had a first chance.” Produced by Hueman Group Media, Women Beyond Walls blends storytelling and analysis, offering listeners intimate conversations and global perspectives on incarceration, rebuilding communities and lives, and reform of our legal systems. New episodes drop regularly from July through to December 2025. 

Watch the season trailer now and listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major podcast platforms.