Editorial
Ellen Miller-Mack, Guest Editor

From Alicia
Alicia Kirkland

The Struggle Continues – for All of Us or None
Dorsey Nunn, Yvonne Cooks and Linda Evans

Coming Back to Harlem from Jail or Prison:
The Impact of Incarceration on a Community
By the Policy Work Group of the New York City Urban Research Center

Poems by Jimmy Baca
Eighteen
Twenty-four
Twenty-eight

A Mother's Letter
Evelyn Herrero

Nine Perspectives for Prison Abolitionists, from Instead of Prisons

What Happened to Regina McKnight
Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women

2 Poems
Darlene Duval

What To Do When You Are Stopped by the Cops
Corinne Carey

Fighting for a Real Harm Reduction Plan for Prisoners
Judy Greenspan

Cost-Effective Solutions to Jail Overcrowding
Dana Kaplan

Prisons: Warehousing America's Poor
Geert Dhondt

Prodigal Sons and Daughters
Joseph “Jazz” Hayden

Performance Project
Amie Dowling and Julie Lichtenberg

The Prison Index

The Real Cost of Prisons Project

HIV and Prisons Manual

Online Resources
For comprehensive websites containing links, research and resources, go to
www.realcostofprisons.org and www.prisonsucks.com

Special thanks to Rob Hilberg of Boehringer Ingelheim for supporting production of this newsletter