Monica Cosby

Community Organizer - Westside Justice Center

Monica Cosby, leader of the participatory defense work at Westside Justice Center, is a forceful advocate for incarcerated women and the fight for post-incarceration rights in Chicago.

She is becoming a key part of the civic dialogue around incarceration and incarcerated rights, moving the community to address the systems and public policies they collectively want to change.

Monica has a commitment to the communities of the West Side of Chicago and to communities of incarcerated women in the criminal justice system. Her leadership is rooted in her experience as a formerly incarcerated woman who found agency while in prison to help others and to shift policy.

Photo credit: Kelly Lenza of Bloom Photography