[janbear]

Men and women are being incarcerated at an alarming rate. Eighty percent of prisoners are addicts, and fifty percent of them committed their crimes while they were high. More than seventy percent of females are victims of sexual or physical abuse. While in prison, a persons feelings of powerlessness can be overwhelming. Prisons don't get to choose who to live with,what to eat,what to wear, when to go outside stay inside or what time to get up in the morning or go to bed at night. One young woman explained that incarceration provides an environment without choices, decisions or hope.