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Andrea James: The State of Incarceration for Women

Date of Lecture: March 20, 2018

Andrea James

About the Speaker: Andrea James is founder and executive director of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, founder of Families for Justice as Healing, and author of “Upper Bunkies Unite: And Other Thoughts On the Politics of Mass Incarceration” (Goode Book Press, 2013).

About the Talk: Andrea James offers data and personal experience to argue that mass incarceration isn't working, and she advocates for the abolition of prisons.

Her talk is organized by Sister to Sister and sponsored by the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture.