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By: Diana Robinson
My then nineteen-year-old son, Joshua, was found in the chain of a swing set in Amsler Park/McGregor, Texas on February 16, 2006. It was a... Read more >>
What makes a mother legitimate? Who has the right to be a mother in the United States? Are women who are incarcerated fallen women, prime... Read more >>
Children Do Hard Time for Their Parents’ Crimes: Mothers and Prison
I have been an addict for the past seventeen years, which is a shorter time than my children have been alive. I was sent to... Read more >>
Giving Birth Behind Bars
Women, who constitute the fastest growing prison population in the United States, face a dim outlook when their jail term coincides with pregnancy. Prisons, which... Read more >>
Human Rights in the US
When I think of human rights, I think of individuals who are suffering in the present day and time. I think of the victims of... Read more >>
Letter to a Formerly Incarcerated Mother: Mothers and Prison
Dear Ma, I can remember the anger and bitterness that I felt towards you as a little girl. I can also remember longing to share... Read more >>
Chinese Egg Roll: The Torch Debacle
The Beijing Olympics are getting plenty of press, it’s just not the kind they want or had expected. The symbolic torch running has become a... Read more >>
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