Prison Industrial Complex
4 Prison Industrial Complex articles categorized as: Family
Mapping The Way Home: Reducing Barriers to Women’s Reentry After Prison
by
Patricia O’Brien
O’Brien describes the difficulties that women face in returning to the community after prison. She addresses the major areas of concern in women’s reentry: relationships with their families and children, housing, relationships, substance abuse and recovery, and employment. For each of these areas, O’Brien lists specific policy changes that could have a positive effect on women’s abilities to rebuild their lives upon their return.
Life’s Turning Points
by
Karen Johnson
Karen tells how her life has taken an unexpected turn through incarceration. Trying to hold on to the bonds of wife and mother while doing time.
Voices in Time
by
Salome Chasnoff
This essay from Feminist Studies, looks at Voices in Time is about a multimedia installation that artistically recreates a furnished prison cell, echoing with women’s stories. It was featured in Beyondmedia Education’s “30 Days of Art and Education on Women’s Incarceration” and continues to tour Chicago and surrounding areas.
Two Immigrants Who Followed the Path to Citizenship Tell Stories of Detention and Deportation
by
Amy Goodman
and Carolina Fulecio Hernandez
This interview by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now explores women’s experiences with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including detention and deportation. Carolina Fulecio Hernandez describes her arrest by ICE agents, followed by detention and deportation to Guatemala. Sharon Nyantekyi describes her detention at a private detention facility run by Corrections Corporation of America.
Family, Public Policy, Reentry, Substance Abuse