Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women By Susan Burton and Cari Lynn, with a foreword by Michelle Alexander The New Press, 2017 […]
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“The Kernel of Truth”
“The Kernel of Truth” By Katie Mulligan Exuberant audiences cheered the premiere performances of “The Kernel of Truth” at the Overture Center on Father’s Day weekend. Billed as a […]
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Film Review: The 50 Is Changing Lives By Margaret Irwin The 50 is the story – set in California – of a unique way to give incarcerated people a […]
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Taking Action for Social Justice Through the FAST Program: A Memoir by a Social Worker By Dr. Lynn McDonald, Founder of FAST, 2023 Reviewed by Pam Gates Dr. Lynn […]
Read More »Experts Speak on Correction – Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change, by Ben Austen
Experts Speak on Correction – Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change, by Ben Austen By Pam Gates and Sherry Reames A good-sized crowd turned out on Feb. 1 to […]
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The Worst Thing We’ve Ever Done: One Juror’s Reckoning with Racial Injustice By Carol Menaker, She Writes Press, 2023 Reviewed by Pam Gates In 1976, Carol Menaker, a young […]
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