For These Women, Orange Really Is the New Black


by YES! Magazine on Apr 29, 2014 | Views: 364 | Score: 2
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YES! Magazine on Apr 28, 2014 12:39 PM said:

The number of women in prison "is increasing at nearly double the rate for men," according to The Sentencing Project. Women are their own best advocates when it comes to taking down things like shackling during pregnancy. Learn the real-life story of the former inmates from the "Orange is the New Black" prison, and their fight for prisoner's rights: bit.ly/1tPKNR3