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Words From Prison [1]

Presented by V-Day, the ACLU and NYCLU, this event brings forth the raw voices of fierceness and honesty in words from prisoners across the nation — moving toward healing, understandin

Presented by V-Day, the ACLU and NYCLU, this event brings forth the raw voices of fierceness and honesty in words from prisoners across the nation — moving toward healing, understanding and change. Appearances by Rosario Dawson, Michael Eric Dyson, Shirley Knight, Mindy McCready, Rosie O'Donnell, Phylicia Rashad, Kemba Smith, Betty Gale Tyson, Angela Wilson, and more.

 
Learn how any woman could be caught between violence and the criminal justice system.
 
> Women's Incarceration and Loss of Parental Rights [2]
> Sexual Abuse in Prison [3]
> Violence Against Women, Homelessness, and Incarceration [4]
> Abused at Home, Abused by the System: Girls and Juvenile Justice [5]
> Drug Policy, Race, and Women's Incarceration [6]
> The Collateral Consequences of Incarceration [7]

> Did You Know? [8]
> Bibliography [9]
> Organizations [10]
> Until the Violence Stops (off-site) [11]

> What You Can Do [12]
> More Ideas (off-site) [13]
> Join the ACLU [14]
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> Women's Rights [15]
> Racial Justice [16]
> Prisoners' Rights [17]
> Rights of the Poor [18]
  > ACLU and NYCLU Join V-Day Festival for Evening of Performance About Women in Prison (6/21/2006) [19]
> Women at Wisconsin Prison Receive Worse Mental Health Care Than Men (5/2/2006) [20]
> ACLU Files Lawsuit Over Jail Guard's Sexual Abuse of Female Prisoners (01/25/2006) [21]
  > V-Day [11]
> NYCLU [22]
> The New York Women's Foundation [23]
 
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Source URL: https://www.aclu.org/words-prison

Links
[1] https://www.aclu.org/words-prison
[2] https://www.aclu.org/other/words-prison-womens-incarceration-and-loss-parental-rights
[3] https://www.aclu.org/other/words-prison-sexual-abuse-prison
[4] https://www.aclu.org/other/words-prison-violence-against-women-homelessness-and-incarceration
[5] https://www.aclu.org/other/words-prison-abused-home-abused-system-girls-and-juvenile-justice-system
[6] https://www.aclu.org/other/words-prison-drug-policy-race-and-womens-incarceration
[7] https://www.aclu.org/other/words-prison-collateral-consequences-incarceration
[8] https://www.aclu.org/other/words-prison-did-you-know
[9] https://www.aclu.org/other/words-prison-bibliography
[10] https://www.aclu.org/other/words-prison-organizations-interest
[11] http://www.vday.org
[12] https://www.aclu.org/other/words-prison-what-you-can-do
[13] http://www.untiltheviolencestops.org/go?/action/34
[14] https://www.aclu.org/join
[15] https://www.aclu.org/womensrights
[16] https://www.aclu.org/racialjustice
[17] https://www.aclu.org/prison
[18] https://www.aclu.org/rightsofthepoor
[19] https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-and-nyclu-join-v-day-festival-evening-performance-about-women-prison
[20] https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/women-wisconsins-taycheedah-prison-suffer-medical-neglect-and-receive-worse-mental
[21] https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-new-mexico-files-lawsuit-over-jail-guards-sexual-abuse-female-prisoners
[22] http://www.nyclu.org
[23] http://www.nywf.org