By Myesha Newell There’s a girl i know well who went from court date to court date feeling spiritually drained, having to eat a sack lunch without even so much as water to wash it down. She was constantly in a trance of trying to face the future and detect the unexpected, but at the time she really felt she wasn’t ready for what the future held. She was only a 16-year- old girl being brought up in the city. She was barely blossoming as a young lady, seeking to find herself. Seeking and searching in high and low places landed her in … [Read more...] about WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: THE WOMAN OF MY TOMORROW
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WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: LEARNING THE HARD WAY
By Jevonie Rogers When Prop.57 passed, I was tried as a juvenile instead of an adult. That day something changed inside of me. I felt as if the old me died and a new life began. Ever since that day, I have been working to transform myself. I have dreams of being a social worker, owning my own business and mentoring at-risk youth. I plan on going to college and getting a bachelor’s and master’s degree while majoring in psychology. I’ll be able to understand many of the youth I’ll be working with because I’ve seen and done a lot in my own … [Read more...] about WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: LEARNING THE HARD WAY
WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: My birth plan is to deliver in a jail cell
A true story of women on their own in an Oklahoma lockup By Laci Berg as told to Mary Fish Story courtesy of Victoria Law My name is Laci. I am a locked-up pregnant lady at Oklahoma’s Mabel Bassett Correctional Center. Previously, I was in Caddo County Jail on a controlled of a dangerous substance charge with a former conviction of a felony. One of my cellmates (there were about 40 of us in this jail) was pregnant. Her name was Cheree and she was Native and Caucasian. One afternoon, she went into labor. They brought the trays and we … [Read more...] about WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: My birth plan is to deliver in a jail cell
WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: Class Action
ALMOST 25 YEARS AGO, PRISONER CHARISSE SHUMATE FILED A LAWSUIT TO REFORM THE SUBSTANDARD MEDICAL TREATMENT OF WOMEN IN CALIFORNIA’S PRISONS. IN 2019, PRISONERS CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR DECENT HEALTHCARE. ARTICLE AND PHOTOS COURTESY OF CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR WOMEN PRISONERS (CCWP). I, Charisse Shumate, wish I could be there with you because, as you grow in numbers for us behind the walls..., the big cover up is going on inside. For those who ask why should they care or believe we are asking for “Cadillac care,” if we were allowed … [Read more...] about WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: Class Action
WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: More women are giving birth in prison than ever before
By, Kate McQueen Legislation can improve medical care for pregnant inmates and their infants ONE PREGNANT WOMAN assists another as she gives birth in a county jail, after receiving slow response to their urgent requests for medical care. If this strikes you as extraordinary, the stuff of TV dramas, then con- sider this: Dozens of incarcerated women give birth in Oklahoma every year. Most of these occur at the overcrowded Mabel Bassett Correctional Center (MBCC), where Laci Berg was sent after the arrival of little Patience Rose. … [Read more...] about WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: More women are giving birth in prison than ever before
WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: ‘Little weight or meaning’
California Senate Bills do little to help victims of sexual violence requesting parole By Lilliana Paratore and Sara Kruzan In this post-#MeToo era, it is common knowledge that women experience sexual harassment and abuse at staggering rates, and that these experiences are all too often left unvoiced or unaddressed. For women in prison, the problem is even greater. One study shows that between 40% and 93% of incarcerated women experienced intimate partner violence prior to incarceration. Moreover, 68-86% of women who are … [Read more...] about WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: ‘Little weight or meaning’
WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: A LETTER TO MY SISTER ACTIVISTS, INSIDE AND OUT
By, Tina Curiel-Allen I aM SEnDInG yoU LoVE and light sister, and I hope that wherever you may be reading this from, you are at peace. By peace, I mean I hope you are okay with you, no matter who you are. I write these words as someone who has at one time or another hurt most everyone I was close to, as someone who was labeled a criminal and dealt with the physical (incarceration) and emotional (PTSD, anxiety, etc.) repercussions of that classification. As someone who knows what state surveillance in one’s life feels like … [Read more...] about WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: A LETTER TO MY SISTER ACTIVISTS, INSIDE AND OUT
WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: Out, and about something
In their own words, four formerly incarcerated women describe their paths after they were released Topeka Sam co-founded Hope House NYC, which opened in 2017. Hope House, an initiative of The Ladies of Hope Ministries, is transitional housing for single women who have been incarcerated and are returning to New York City. “When I got home, I started going around, organizing with other women around women’s issues and incarceration, and just seeing that it was the same issues happening: Women need housing, women need resources, women … [Read more...] about WALL CITY, VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2: Out, and about something
Wall City Volume 2: If you want it all – look here!
Everyone who donates $40 or more to San Quentin News this year will get a free gift – a full color 32-page Wall City magazine Volume 2– written and created by inmates. This is the second volume of Wall City – the San Quentin News publication focused on keeping you informed on criminal justice and rehabilitation issues. The all-new spring 2019 magazine gift is in addition to our gift of twelve months of the San Quentin News newspaper delivered to you. Generous contributions from readers like you are vital in fulfilling our … [Read more...] about Wall City Volume 2: If you want it all – look here!
Wall City Volume 2: Table of Contents
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