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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Burton, Susan (Founder of a New way of life (Organization)), author.     Subjects     Burton, Susan (Founder of a New way of life (Organization))     Women ex-convicts -- United States -- Biography.     Women prisoners -- United States -- Biography.     African American women social reformers -- United States -- Biography.     Abused women -- United States -- Biography.     Women drug addicts -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Burton, Susan (Founder of a New way of life (Organization)), author.       by title:      Becoming Ms. Burton ...         MARC Display

Becoming Ms. Burton : from prison to recovery to leading the fight for incarcerated women / Susan Burton and Cari Lynn ; with a foreword by Michelle Alexander. by Burton, Susan (Founder of a New way of life (Organization)), author. New York : The New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2017. Subjects Burton, Susan (Founder of a New way of life (Organization))   Women ex-convicts -- United States -- Biography.   Women prisoners -- United States -- Biography.   African American women social reformers -- United States -- Biography.   Abused women -- United States -- Biography.   Women drug addicts -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9781620972120 (hardcover) : 1620972123 (hardcover) Description:  xxiii, 304 pages ; 22 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  "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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hanapepe Public Library Adult Nonfiction 303.48409 Burton Bu Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 303.48409 Burton Bu Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 303.48409 Burton Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Biography B Burton Bu Checked In Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 303.48409 Burton Bu Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waianae Public Library Adult Nonfiction 303.48409 Burton Bu Checked In Add Copy to MyList Wailuku Public Library Adult Biography B Burton Bu Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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