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"Resistance Behind Bars- The Struggles of Incercerated Women" by Vikki Law

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

I just finished reading "Resistance Behind Bars" written by Vikki Law. In case you don't know about it or haven't had the chance to I recommend you buy a copy and read it. I will quote a little from the introduction in which Vikki writes about her response to the comment: "Women (in prison) don't organize." "I began to search for stories---and women--who would disprove this assertion. I found mentions of lawsuits, and using various state department of corrections' websites looked up their address addresses and wrote them letters asking if they would share their experiences with me." And "To ensure that I was representing their struggles accurately and to give them the opportunity to add, update or delete any of the tales they do not want to share with the public, I sent each woman draft after draft of the chapters her voice and experience(s) appeared in...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 25, 2009 (boomark / email).