HOT OFF THE PRESS: Writer's Block, The
Voices of Women Inside
To purchase the Women and Prison poster for $20 click here
To purchase the Women and Prison
zine for $10 click here
Women and
Prison Zine designed by Firebelly. Copies will be distributed in prison
libraries.
These are stories of incarcerated women and children of
formerly incarcerated mothers
Join the tenth annual CALLS FROM HOME holiday radio broadcast for
prisoners and their families.
The United States has 2.4 million people behind bars. Thousand Kites
wants you to lend your voice to a powerful grassroots radio broadcast
that reaches into our nation's prison and tells those inside they
are not forgotten.
Learn more
We are asking you to call our toll-free line 877-518-0606 and speak
directly to those behind bars this holiday season. An answering
machine will record your message. Read a poem, sing a song, or just
speak directly from you heart. Speak to someone you know or to
everyone---make it uplifting.
We are making a special call to poets to support our project this year.
Poets click here.
Learn how you can help blog, distribute, broadcast, or support this project.
CALLS FROM HOME is a project of Thousand Kites/WMMT-FM/Appalshop Campaign Center
and a national network of grassroots organizations working for criminal justice reform.
So call right now at 877-518-0606.
In this interview, Yolanda Mills discusses her childhood
growing up without parents, her involvement in prostitution and
substance abuse, and the death of her son. She also discusses her
history of sexual abuse in her family and foster care. Keywords:
Housing and
Homelessness,
Sexual
Violence,
Substance
Abuse.
Fourth of July
at CCWF July 2006" by Sara Olson
It took place on one of the
Central Valley's hot, hot days. The first heat alert came early that
day. When it's over 90 degrees Fahrenheit, women who take
anti-depressants or similar psyche meds must limit their exposure to sun
and heat.
Keywords: Prison
Life, Prison
Industrial Complex,Public
Policy Personal
Narrative
Children Do Hard Time for
Their Parents' Crime by Kim Mikesell
Kim Mikesell tells the
price that children pay when their mother is taken away. About 82% of
the population incarcerated today is drug related. Of the female
population 75% are mothers that were their children's primary caretaker.
Keywords: Personal
Narrative, Children of
Prisoners, Motherhood
