The Resource Becoming Ms. Burton : from prison to recovery to leading the fight for incarcerated women, Susan Burton and Cari Lynn
Becoming Ms. Burton : from prison to recovery to leading the fight for incarcerated women, Susan Burton and Cari Lynn
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- Summary
- One woman’s remarkable odyssey from tragedy to prison to recovery—and recognition as a leading figure in the national justice reform movement. Susan Burton’s world changed in an instant when her five-year-old son was killed by a van driving down their street. Consumed by grief and without access to professional help, Susan self-medicated, becoming addicted first to cocaine, then crack. As a resident of South Los Angeles, a black community under siege in the War on Drugs, it was but a matter of time before Susan was arrested. She cycled in and out of prison for over fifteen years; never was she offered therapy or treatment for addiction. On her own, she eventually found a private drug rehabilitation facility. Once clean, Susan dedicated her life to supporting women facing similar struggles. Her organization, A New Way of Life, operates five safe homes in Los Angeles that supply a lifeline to hundreds of formerly incarcerated women and their children—setting them on the track to education and employment rather than returns to prison. Becoming Ms. Burton not only humanizes the deleterious impact of mass incarceration, it also points the way to the kind of structural and policy changes that will offer formerly incarcerated people the possibility of a life of meaning and dignity
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9781620972120
- Label
- Becoming Ms. Burton : from prison to recovery to leading the fight for incarcerated women
- Title
- Becoming Ms. Burton
- Title remainder
- from prison to recovery to leading the fight for incarcerated women
- Statement of responsibility
- Susan Burton and Cari Lynn
- Subject
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- Autobiographies
- Burton, Susan
- trueFormer drug addicts
- truePrison reform
- trueRehabilitation
- Women drug addicts -- United States -- Biography
- Women ex-convicts -- United States -- Biography
- trueWomen former convicts
- trueWomen social reformers
- African American women social reformers -- United States -- Biography
- Abused women -- United States -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- One woman’s remarkable odyssey from tragedy to prison to recovery—and recognition as a leading figure in the national justice reform movement. Susan Burton’s world changed in an instant when her five-year-old son was killed by a van driving down their street. Consumed by grief and without access to professional help, Susan self-medicated, becoming addicted first to cocaine, then crack. As a resident of South Los Angeles, a black community under siege in the War on Drugs, it was but a matter of time before Susan was arrested. She cycled in and out of prison for over fifteen years; never was she offered therapy or treatment for addiction. On her own, she eventually found a private drug rehabilitation facility. Once clean, Susan dedicated her life to supporting women facing similar struggles. Her organization, A New Way of Life, operates five safe homes in Los Angeles that supply a lifeline to hundreds of formerly incarcerated women and their children—setting them on the track to education and employment rather than returns to prison. Becoming Ms. Burton not only humanizes the deleterious impact of mass incarceration, it also points the way to the kind of structural and policy changes that will offer formerly incarcerated people the possibility of a life of meaning and dignity
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- autobiography
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- 10563792
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
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- Burton, Susan
- Dewey number
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- 303.484092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Lynn, Cari
- Alexander, Michelle
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Burton, Susan
- African American women social reformers
- Abused women
- Women drug addicts
- Women ex-convicts
- Target audience
- general
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- from prison to recovery to leading the fight for incarcerated women
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- Label
- Becoming Ms. Burton : from prison to recovery to leading the fight for incarcerated women, Susan Burton and Cari Lynn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-304)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9781620972120
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)954670513
- Label
- Becoming Ms. Burton : from prison to recovery to leading the fight for incarcerated women, Susan Burton and Cari Lynn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-304)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9781620972120
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)954670513
Subject
- Autobiographies
- Burton, Susan
- trueFormer drug addicts
- truePrison reform
- trueRehabilitation
- Women drug addicts -- United States -- Biography
- Women ex-convicts -- United States -- Biography
- trueWomen former convicts
- trueWomen social reformers
- African American women social reformers -- United States -- Biography
- Abused women -- United States -- Biography
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