Table of Contents
Introduction. Certain Failures: Representing the Experiences of Incarcerated Women in the United StatesRuby C. Tapia Part One. Defining the Problem 1. Unpacking the Crisis: Women of Color, Globalization, and the Prison-Industrial ComplexJulia Sudbury 2. Glossary of TermsTina Reynolds 3. The Long Shadow of Prison: My Messy Journey through Fear, Silence, and Racism toward AbolitionKay Whitlock 4. Unpeeling the MaskElizabeth Leslie 5. Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Bill of RightsSan Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership 6. United Nations Report on Violence against Women in U.S. Prisons 7. Being in PrisonJoanne Archibald 8. Wearing Blues Kinnari Jivani Part Two. Being a Mother from Inside 9. Get on the Bus: Mobilizing Communities across California to Unite Children with Their Parents in PrisonSuzanne Jabro and Kelly Kester-Smith 10. Do I Have to Stand for This?Kimberly Burke 11. Out of Sight, NOT Out of Mind: Important Information for Incarcerated Parents Whose Children Are in Foster CareChildren of Incarcerated Parents Program, NYC Administration for Children's Services 12. The Impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act on Children of Incarcerated ParentsArlene F. Lee, Philip M. Genty, and Mimi LaverChild Welfare League of America 13. ASFA, TPR, My Life, My Children, My MotherhoodCarole E. 14. The Birthing Program in Washington StateTabitha and Christy Hall 15. Pregnancy, Motherhood, and Loss in Prison: A Personal StoryKebby Warner 16. What the Parenting Program at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women Has Meant to MeMary Alley, A.{ths}D., and C.{ths}S. 17. The Storybook Project at Bedford HillsBeth Falk, June Benson, Amorel Beyor, and Alte 18. A Trilogy of JourneysKathy Boudin Part Three. Intimacy, Sexuality, and Gender Identity Inside 19. UntitledCeleste “Jazz” Carrington 20. Analyzing Prison Sex: Reconciling Self-Expression with SafetyBrenda V. Smith 21. Who Said Women Can't Get Along?Elizabeth Leslie 22. SorryTina Reynolds 23. The ChaseHolli Hampton 24. Why? A Letter to My LoverSheena M. King 25. Gender, Sexuality, and Family Kinship NetworksJuanita Díaz-Cotto 26. Getting FreeAmy Stout 27. My Name Is June Martinez 28. King County (WA) Gender Identity RegulationsDepartment of Adult and Juvenile Detention 29. MotherMayra Collado 30. Daddy Black ManCassandra Adams 31. WatershedKinnari Jivani Part Four. Creating and Maintaining Intellectual, Spiritual, and Creative Life Inside 32. Lit by Each Other's Light:Women's Writing at Cook County JailAnn Fowell Stanford 33. Tuesday SOULKinnari Jivani 34. “I lived that book!” Reading behind BarsMegan Sweeney 35. Changing Minds: A Participatory Action Research Project on College in PrisonMichelle Fine, María Elena Torre, Kathy Boudin, Iris Bowen, Judith Clark, Donna Hylton, Migdalia Martinez, Cheryl “Missy”Wilkins, Melissa Rivera, Rosemarie A. Roberts, Pamela Smart, and Debra Upegui 36. Imagining the Self and Other: Women Narrate Prison Life across CulturesLynne Haney and András Tapolcai 37. My ArtKinnari Jivani 38. My WindowMichele Molina 39. They TalkedKinnari Jivani 40. I Never KnewDarlene Dixon 41. Wise Women: Critical Citizenship in a Women's PrisonTanya Erzen 42. Women of Wisdom: An Alternative Community of FaithSuzanne Jabro and Kelly Kester-Smith 43. Chain of CommandKinnari Jivani Part Five. Struggling for Health Care 44. Hep C, Pap Smears, and Basic Care: Justice Now and the Right to FamilyJohanna Hoffman 45. A Dazzling Tale of Two TeethTracy Lynn Hardin 46. Women's Rights Don't Stop at the Jailhouse DoorRachel Roth 47. The Death of Luisa MontalvoNancy Stoller 48. Rights for Imprisoned People with Psychiatric DisabilitiesRIPPD 49. A Plea for RosemaryBeverly (Chopper) Henry 50. The Thing Called Love VirusTiffany Jackson 51. Bill of Health Rights for Incarcerated GirlsResidents of the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center 52. Working to Improve Health Care for Incarcerated WomenSheila R. Enders 53. Women in Prison Project Fact SheetsCorrectional Association of New YorkPart Six. Serving Time, Sentenced and Unsentenced 54. Reading Gender in September 11 Detentions: Zihada: The Journey from a Young Pakistani Wife to an Anthrax SuspectIrum Shiekh 55. Victim or Criminal: The Experiences of a Human-Trafficking Survivor in the U.S. Immigration SystemLeticia M. Saucedo 56. Detention of Women Asylum Seekers in the United States: A DisgraceMarleine Bastien and Rosta Telfort 57. “Did you see no potential in me?” The Story of Women Serving Long Sentences in PrisonKathy Boudin 58. Dignity Denied: The Price of Imprisoning Older Women in CaliforniaLegal Services for Prisoners with Children 59. The Longertimers/Insiders Activist Group at Tutwiler Prison for WomenErline Bibbs 60. The Forgotten Population: A Look at Death Row in the United Statesthrough the Experiences of WomenCapital Punishment Project, Women's Rights Project, National Prison Project, National Criminal Justice Program, and the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women Part Seven. Struggling for Rights 61. Incarcerated Young Mothers' Bill of Rights: From a Vision to a Policy at San Francisco Juvenile HallSophia Sanchez 62. Slaving in Prison: A Three-Part Indictmentshawnna d.,the Fire Inside Editorial Collective, and Edaleen Smith 63. Freedom Gon' ComeCassandra Adams 64. Reducing the Number of People in California Women's Prisons: How “Gender-Responsive Prisons” Harm Women, Children, and FamiliesCalifornians United for a Responsible Budget 65. The Gender-Responsive Prison Expansion MovementCynthia Chandler 66. Free Battered WomenLinda Field and Andrea Bible 67. Life's ImprintMichele Molina 68. Testimony of Kemba Smith before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 69. Keeping Families Connected: Women Organizing for Telephone Justice in the Face of Corporate-State GreedLauren Melodia and Annette Warren Dickerson 70. Prick PoisonKinnari Jivani 71. The Prison-Industrial Complex in Indigenous CaliforniaStormy Ogden 72. A Prison JournalTammica Summers Part Eight. Being Out 73. A Former Battered Woman Celebrating Life AfterLorrie Sue McClary 74. Life on the Outside-of What?Alfreda Robinson-Dawkins 75. California and the Welfare and Food Stamps BanAll of Us or None 76. Employment Resolution: Human Rights Commission of the City and County of San FranciscoAll of Us or None 77. Only with TimeTina Reynolds 78. Child of a Convicted FelonAnonymous 79. Mothering after ImprisonmentMargaret Oot Hayes 80. Being about It: Reflections on Advocacy after IncarcerationMartha L. Raimon, Luz Alvarez, Sunshine Brooks, Casey Deas, and Lorrayne Patterson 81. The First Time Is a Mistake . . .Patricia Zimmerman 82. What Life Has Been Like for Me Since Being on the OutsideFreda Swinney 83. Alternatives: ATI in New York CityAlexandra Bell and Leche 84. Violent InterruptionsNoelle Paley and Joshua Price 85. Prison Abolition in Practice: The LEAD Project, the Politics of Healing, and A New Way of LifeSetsu Shigematsu, Gwen D'Arcangelis, and Melissa Burch 86. Booking It beyond the Big HouseJean Trounstine 87. Being Out of PrisonJoanne Archibald Contributors Index