| 1. Partner and supporting organizations | ||
Action Committee for Women in Prison |
Intercollegiate Women’s Studies of the Claremont Colleges |
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| 2. Other California-based and national organizations | ||
American Friends Service Committee Prison Watch Project California Prison Moratorium Project California Coalition for Women Prisoners Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents Community Alternatives to Jail Expansion Project Families Against Mandatory Minimums |
National Women’s Prison Project, Inc. A New Way of Life Reentry Project Post-Conviction Justice Project, USC The Real Cost of Prisons Project Regional Congregations and Neighborhood Organizations Training Center International Action for Prisoners’ Families (The U.K.) Eurochips |
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| 3. California State Women’s Prisons |
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
California Institution for Women
Central California Women’s Facility
| 4. Reports, articles, and sites with resources; see above organizations’ links and resources, as well. |
California
“California Blasted for Poor Prison Health Care,” National Public Radio, June 14, 2004
Hard Hit: The Growth in the Imprisonment of Women, 1977 – 2004, California,
The Institute for Women and Criminal Justice
“Law Gives Battered Inmates in California New Hope,” Women’s E-News, September 23, 2004
Public Health Reentry Policy Initiative Fact Sheet, RCNO Training Center
Report to the Legislature: A Roadmap for Effective Offender Programming in California,
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Expert Panel on Adult Offender and Recidivism Reduction Programming, 2007
“Women in California Prisons,” Marilyn Kizziah, California Women’s Commission
“Women Prisoners,” California Prison Focus’ page of resources, articles, etc.
about women in prison in California
General
360 Degrees: Perspectives on the U.S. Criminal Justice System
(See also “Going Home: Cristel’s Diary,” Prison Diaries, NPR
Amnesty International
Website has a variety of reports on women in custody
Center for Evidence-Based Corrections, University of California, Irvine
“Presentations and publications” site includes editorials, reports, papers, etc.
Confronting Confinement: A Report of The Commission on Safety and Abuse in
America’s Prisons,2006
“Female Offenders: An Introduction,” Myrna S. Raeder
The Fire Inside, quarterly publication of the California Coalition for Women
Prisoners, with writings by incarcerated women
Gender-Responsive Strategies: Research, Practice, and Guiding Principles for
Women Offenders, Barbara Bloom and Stephanie Covington, National Institute of
Corrections, 2003
“Gendered Justice: Women in the Criminal Justice System,” Stephanie
Covington and Barbara Bloom, 2003
Hard Hit: The Growth in the Imprisonment of Women, 1977 – 2004, The Institute
for Women and Criminal Justice
“Improving the Odds: Women in Community Corrections,” Ann Jacobs, Civic Research Institute, 2005
“Masked Racism: Reflections on the Prison Industrial Complex,” Angela Davis, Colorlines, 1998
“Mistakes,” Eve Ensler
National Institute of Corrections Library
Many articles and reports from a variety of sources, searchable by topic
“Not Part of My Sentence”: Violation of the Human Rights of Women in Custody, Amnesty International, 1999
Too Much Time, online documentary by Jane Evelyn Atwood
“A Trip to Chowchilla,” Anne De Groot, M.D.
“Why So Many Black Women are Behind Bars,” Earl Ofari Hutchinson, December 5, 2006
“Women and Prison,” Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
Women and Prison: A Site for Resistance
Includes articles and stories by and about incarcerated women in a variety of
areas, including families and motherhood, violence, etc.; interviews with
incarcerated women; fact sheets, etc.
“Women and Prison in the u.s.: History and Current Reality,” Nancy Kurshan,
Women in the Criminal Justice System: Briefing Sheets, The Sentencing Project
“Women in Prison,” Prison Activist Resource Center(links and resources)
“Women in Prison: A Fact Sheet,” Amnesty International U.S.A.
Women in Prison: Issues and Challenges Facing U.S. Correctional Systems, U.S. General Accounting Office, 1999
The Death Penalty
The Forgotten Population: A Look at Death Row in the United States
through the Experiences of Women, ACLU, 2004
“Women and the Death Penalty,” Death Penalty Information Center
The Elderly
“Cellblock Seniors,” Tammerlin Drummond, Time Magazine, June 13, 1999
Dignity Denied: The Price of Imprisoning Older Women in California, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Graying Prisons, The Council of State Governments
Prisoners of Age project
Family issues
“Incarcerated Parents,” Charlene Wear Simmons, 2000
“Locked Up, Locked Down: A Mother’s Love For Her Child”
“The Parent Trap,” Pam Squyres, Mother Jones, April 11, 2001
Prisoners of a Hard Life: Women and Their Children, The Real Cost of Prisons Project
“To Punish the Poor: Criminalizing Trends in the Welfare System,” Kaaryn Gustafson, Women of Color Resource Center
“When Your Grandchild’s Parent is in Prison,” AARP
Women in Prison & Children of Imprisoned Mothers: Recent Developments in the United Nations Human Rights System, Laurel Townhead, Quaker United Nations Office, 2006
“Women, Prison and Children,” NOW, PBS
Immigration issues
“Allegations of Abuse at Immigration Detention Center,” The California Report,
“Locking Up Family Values: The Detention of Immigrant Families,” Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
Post-incarceration issues
Breaking the Barriers for Women on Parole, Report #177 of The Little Hoover
Commission
The Health Status of Soon-to-be-Released Inmates, vols. 1 and 2, The National Commission on Correctional Health Care
“Incarceration, Reentry, and Social Capital: Social Networks in the Balance,” Dina Rose and Todd Clear, From Prison to Home: The Effect of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities, 2001
“‘Locked Down’: Post-Prison Life for Women,” Krystal Greene, National Public Radio, April 6, 2005
“Model Practices to Promote the Employment of People With Criminal Records”
No Second Chance: People With Criminal Records Denied Access to Public Housing, Human Rights Watch
“Understanding the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry: Research Findings from the
Urban Institute's Prisoner Reentry Portfolio,” The Urban Institute
Violence, Abuse, and Rights Violations
Abuse of Women in Custody: Sexual Misconduct and the Shackling of Pregnant Women, Amnesty International U.S.A.
All Too Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons, Human Rights
Watch, 1996
“A Cancer Grows,” Cynthia Cooper, The Nation, May 6, 2002
“Dignity for Women Prisoners Campaign,” California Prison Focus
“Joan Little: The Dialectics of Rape,” Angela Davis (1975), Ms. Magazine, 2002
“Sexual Abuse Against Women in Prison,” Brenda Smith, Criminal Justice, Spring 2001
“Tanisha’s Scars,” Jennifer Gonnerman, The Village Voice, October 4, 2005
“Understanding Prison Health Care: Women’s Health”
Women in Prison: Sexual Misconduct by Correctional Staff, U.S. General Accounting Office, 1999
“Women Prisoners with HIV: An open letter from a prison doctor,” Anne De Groot, M.D.
The War on Drugs
Life Sentences: Denying Welfare Benefits to Women Convicted of Drug Offenses,
The Sentencing Project, 2002
“Punishment of Pregnant Women,” National Advocates for Pregnant Women
“Women in Prison,” The Drug Policy Alliance
| 5. Events and conferences |
Centerforce Annual Summit – Critical Juncture: Innovative Solutions for Addressing the Impact of Youth and Adult Incarceration in our Communities, October 22 – 23, 2007, San Francisco, California
Critical Resistance 10th Anniversary Conference and Strategy Session, September 26 - 28, 2008, Oakland, California
What Works With Women Offenders: Challenging Stereotypes and Achieving Change
International Conference, September 10 - 12, 2007, Prato, Tuscany, Italy
