WOMEN RISING
 $17.95 paperback ISBN 978-0978222123 |
How Canadian Women Are Breaking Free from Criminal Pasts and Building a Better Future Eleanor Clitheroe, editor Foreword by Shirley Cavanagh "Put them in jail and throw away the keys." That's how many Canadians feel about their fellow citizens convicted of crimes. But that's not how all Canadians feel. This eye-opening and inspiring book shows how one organization, Prison Fellowship Canada, is helping women prisoners in particular to keep their families together while they are incarcerated and to build better lives once they're out. Several women describe in riveting and heartwrenching detail their violent pasts and subsequent incarceration. They describe how they've broken free from their criminal pasts and have been able to reintegrate themselves into society and how some are now helping other women avoid going down the same path.   |