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Interrupted Life: Experiences of Incarcerated Women in the United States

Rickie Solinger and Rebecca Sharitz

Print publication date: 2010

Print ISBN-13: 9780520252493

Published to California Scholarship Online: March 2012

DOI: 10.1525/california/9780520252493.001.0001

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Life on the Outside—of What?

Life on the Outside—of What?

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(p.374) 74 Life on the Outside—of What?
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Interrupted Life
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Alfreda Robinson-Dawkins

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University of California Press
DOI:10.1525/california/9780520252493.003.0075

In this chapter, the author recalls the time she was in prison for nine and a half years for a drug conspiracy. She feels like her life has been interrupted, and now she seeks some semblance of “catching up” and making the pieces fit, to live a life of normalcy and do the little things that would allow her to assimilate back into society. After all, every one talks about “reentry.” After being rejected from so many jobs and trying to maintain her self-esteem and faith, the author realized she was not alone out here. So many former women prisoners feel the same thing and think the same thoughts. After having so many doors closed, the author decided to take more assertive responsibility for her own course of action, to help cement her destiny. She had a strong desire to help other women who were facing the same obstacles, so she founded the National Women's Prison Project in Baltimore, Maryland. She continues to heal from her incarceration by helping other women like her heal.

Keywords:   National Women’s Prison Project, reentry, drug conspiracy, women prisoners, incarceration

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