PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Women Unshackled

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Will Corrections Meet the Needs of Its Growing Female Prison Population?

Since 1980, the number of American women in prison has increased more than 700 percent. Can Corrections meet the needs of its growing female prison population?

By Emily Greene and Kate Trammell
March 19, 2018
childbirth | Corrections | Incarcerated Women | women | women in prison | Women Unshackled
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From Women Unshackled to Daughters of Destiny

From Women Unshackled to Daughters of Destiny, Prison Fellowship is helping to raise awareness of the needs of incarcerated women.

By Emily Harris Greene
July 21, 2017
Daughters of Destiny | Gov. Mary Fallin | Senator Cory Booker | Senator Kamala Harris | The Justice Declaration | Women Unshackled
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Childbirth in Chains

"I delivered my baby girl, shackled to a hospital bed, in a vulnerable position exposed to all, without family and only corrections officers by my side."

By Rebecca Swope
March 5, 2013
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