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The Power Of Art In Women's Prisons

As an arts workshop facilitator at two maximum-security prisons, I learned how women can find beauty in a tube of paint—even while in jail.

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The Power Of Art In Women's Prisons

As an arts workshop facilitator at two maximum-security prisons, I learned how women can find beauty in a tube of paint—even while in jail.

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Cruel and Unusual: America's Love Affair with Solitary Confinement

Doesn't everyone deserve a second chance?

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Eugenics Behind Bars: The Coerced Sterilization of Female Inmates

Between 2006 and 2010, at least 150 female inmates were coerced into being sterilized without proper state approvals. The good news? A new bill—California's Prison Sterilization Prohibition bill—aims to close the necessary loopholes to protect inmates against future abuses...

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