CALL FOR ARTICLES
WOMEN AND PRISON: A TOOLKIT FOR RESISTANCE
A group of Chicago-based educators, activists and women former prisoners are inviting submissions for an anthology to generate dialogue and action to address the growing numbers of women being criminalized in the United States. The collection of essays and oral histories will challenge stereotypes of imprisoned women and examine the contexts, causes and effects of their incarceration.
The stories of women in and after prison are often invisible in public dialogue. Consequently, the struggles and triumphs of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their families are not adequately known or valued. This book will make women's stories visible and, through this, we hope to challenge the public to think in new ways about the crisis in the criminal justice system and seek new solutions.
In 2000, Visible Voices, a support
group run by and for formerly incarcerated women, worked with Beyondmedia
Education to create an award-winning video titled What We Leave Behind. Women
and Prison: A Toolkit For Resistance is an outgrowth of the video and part
of a larger project aimed at raising widespread awareness of the complex issues
surrounding imprisoned women in the United States.
Intended for general audiences, community groups, high school and college classrooms, Women and Prison: A Toolkit For Resistance will incorporate essays with oral narratives and poetry by women prisoners and former prisoners. Each section will have its own introduction. Articles should be short (5-10 pages) and written for general audiences.
Women and Prison: A Toolkit For Resistance is supported in part by grants from The Funding Exchange and the Illinois Humanities Council.
If you would like your work to be considered for publication in Women and Prison: A Toolkit For Resistance, please contact us at:
Beyondmedia Education
6960 N. Sheridan Rd, Storefront B
Chicago, IL 60626
Voice: 773-973-2280
Fax: 773-973-3367
Email: women-prison@beyondmedia.org
DEADLINES
Sept. 15, 2002 for bios, titles and abstracts
Jan. 15, 2003 for articles
We are especially (but not exclusively) looking for articles on the following topics:
Criminalization of Immigrants
Death Penalty
Reentry
Lesbians in/after Prison
Prostitution
Detention
Visitation Rights and Realities for Women
Birthing
State Violence
Drug Policy
9/11, the INS and Criminalization of Women
Historical Overviews
Global Perspectives/International Comparisons
A Day in the Life of a Woman
Prisoner
I. Introduction by Beth Richie
II. Women and The Prison Industrial Complex
A. Prison Industrial Complex -
Gender / Race / Sexuality
B. Criminalization and Women
C. Treatment v. Incarceration
III. Motherhood and Mothers in Prison
A. Incarcerated Mothers - Issues and Injustices
B. Voices of Children of Incarcerated Mothers
IV. State Violence / Private Violence
A. Domestic Violence, Racism, and Incarceration
B. Sexual Abuse / Rape / Harassment in Women's Prisons
C. Women's Health and Criminal Justice
V. Sexuality - Stigma and Punishment
A. Prostitution and Criminalization of Women
B. Lesbians Inside / Outside
VI. Activism and Social Justice - Inside and Outside
VII. Study Guide, Community and Legal Resources
VIII. Bibliography and Glossary of Terms