Vikki Law LIVE this Saturday 2pm PT
It ain't like in the movies -- it's worse!
Vikki Law knows first hand what goes on behind bars in America's women's prisons
.As a teenage armed robber, Vikki realized that armed robbers don't get any cool perks such as stock options or 401K's.
She also noticed that women in prison seldom had anything more interesting to read than each others' tattoos.
Vikki helped start Books Through Bars-New York City, a group that sends free books to prisoners nationwide. In 2000, she began concentrating on the needs and actions of women in prison, drawing attention to their issues by writing articles and giving public presentations.
Her award winning book.RESISTANCE BEHIND BARS: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women, is regarded as one of the most important books ever written on the subject of America's imprisoned females
Little known fact: women imprisoned at New York's maximum-security prison at Bedford Hills staged what is known as the August Rebellion. Protesting the brutal beating of a fellow prisoner, the women fought off guards, holding seven of them hostage, and took over sections of the prison.
Resistance Behind Bars examines daily struggles against appalling prison conditions and injustices, Resistance documents both collective organizing and individual resistance among women incarcerated in the U.S. Emphasizing women's agency in resisting the conditions of their confinement through forming peer education groups, clandestinely arranging ways for children to visit mothers in distant prisons and raising public awareness about their lives, Resistance seeks to spark further discussion and research into the lives of incarcerated women and galvanize much-needed outside support for their struggles.
This updated and revised edition of the 2009 PASS Award winning book includes a new chapter about transgender, transsexual, intersex, and gender-variant people in prison.
Praise:"Victoria Law's eight years of research and writing, inspired by her unflinching commitment to listen to and support women prisoners, has resulted in an illuminating effort to document the dynamic resistance of incarcerated women in the United States."—Roxanne Dunbar-Orti
"Finally! A passionately and extensively researched book that recognizes the myriad ways in which women resist in prison, and the many particular obstacles that, at many points, hinder them from rebelling. Even after my own years inside, I learned from this book."—Laura Whitehorn, former political prisoner
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