Within the next months, Massachusetts’ legislators are expected to consider an amendment mandating that “Strip searches of inmates, including the videotaping thereof, shall not be […]
Taking My Students to Prison
I recently read this powerful piece by Jean Trounstine. Jean has graciously agreed to let me repost it here, so that I can share it with […]
The “Bitch” at the Welfare Office — Or Why Responsibility Without Authority Makes Us Sick
feature image via thebluedolphins.blogspot.com A few days ago I listened while Francesca, a woman I’ve come to know during a decade of working with criminalized […]
Orange Frosted Hostess Cupcakes
feature image from Steven Brisson Maureen Norton-Hawk, co-author of Can’t Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility, recently learned that […]
The Women of Can’t Catch a Break – Christmas 2014 Updates
This is the second “Reader’s Guide to Updates” on the women of Can’t Catch a Break. (Click here for the previous update.) Not all of […]
Video: Can’t Catch a Break
My colleague Maureen Norton-Hawk and I recently had an opportunity to speak about our book Can’t Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the the […]
Video: Alternatives to Incarceration
As awareness is growing of the costs (both financial and human) of mass incarceration, we’re hearing more about alternatives to incarceration. These alternatives include various […]
Eulogy for Elizabeth
This was a hard week. Threatened with a 60 year prison sentence for firing a warning shot in the presence of her chronically abusive husband, […]
What Pennsatucky’s Teeth Tell Us About Class in America
Author’s note: Friends and colleagues who know that I’ve spent most of the past decade working closely with criminalized women have asked me what I […]