The Prison Experience: Special Issues of Women in Prison Merry Morash, Pamela J. Schram Waveland Pr Inc, 2002 Confined to an institution and further burdened by patriarchal assumptions and stereotypes, incarcerated women struggle to retain a sense of self-worth for themselves and often for their children. Scholarship on the subject typically has either ignored or trivialized the role of gender as an organizing feature of society. The result is a lack of emphasis on the role played by gender in the ...             Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential488 reviews Joel Osteen FaithWords, 2004 Faith and a Future + For those of us who really believe - this is a must read! + A Great Deal of Value + An Absolute Must Read! + Ignore The Scribes and Pharisees!             The Purpose-Driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message & Mission124 reviews Rick Warren Zondervan, 1995 Sudy Book + What can you say + Good book + The Bible of Church Management + Church Changing             Loose that Man & Let Him Go! / So You Call Yourself a Man?4 reviews T. D. Jakes World Publishing, 2004 AN INSPIRATIONAL MANNUAL FOR THE MEN IN YOUR LIFE + TD JAKES + Men Under Construction The title of the book grabbed my attention Loose That Man and Let Him Go. I had a whole different story in line to read. As I began to read the book I realized it was a book for men not women. This book is very uplifting and encouraging for all men. If you know any men who is strugglling with ...             Woman, Thou Art Loosed!: Healing the Wounds of the Past47 reviews T. D. Jakes Treasure House, 1994 TD Jake + The Hard Truth + Get Free of Yourself + good + Rap of a child             Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven® Life: Scriptures and Reflections from the 40 Days of Purpose ...16 reviews Rick Warren Inspirio, 2003 Perfect Gift + Outstanding delivery of the message! + Spiritual vitamins Someone gave this little book to me on my birthday in December. It's got brief, inspiring segments, perfect to leave in the WC. I love it so much, I bought several to have on hand as gifts. I have given one away so far to a friend for her birthday. This friend (a not-yet-believer) was very grateful ...             War on the Family: Mothers in Prison and the Families They Leave Behind Renny Golden Routledge, 2005 When most people think of prisoners, they think of men. Yet women are the fastest growing prison population. Perhaps more surprising, some 75% of women behind bars are mothers. Each year these mothers leave behind 350,000 children under the age of 18. More than half of mothers in state prisons never see their children during their incarceration. In The War on the Family , noted social rights ...             Your Best Life Now Study Guide: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential11 reviews Joel Osteen FaithWords, 2005 Throw out your copy of "The Secret." This is the book for you + Wonderful book!! I loved it + Study Guide to our Best Life Now + Good follow up.             Doing Life2 reviews Howard Zehr Good Books, 1996 Making Lifers Human + Doing Life: Reflections on Men and Women Doing Life Sentenc You can see by the pictures and words these men and women are not the same people they were many years ago when they were first put in prison. The pictures of each person put a face to the name and made them human. Long term life sentences is why our prisons are so full today and more have to be ...             Prison Of My Own: A True Story Of Redemption & Forgiveness10 reviews Diane Nichols Life Journey, 2005 Captivating + The most moving and powerful book you will EVER read + Love, lies, and lessons + A courageously written memoir + Never give up             Laughing in the Dark: From Colored Girl to Woman of Color--A Journey From Prison to Power19 reviews Patrice Gaines Anchor, 1995 Glad she wrote it + A story to inspire readers from all walks of life + Divinely Reviewed + Brilliant-transcends age gender,color + An amazing story             Too Much Time: Women in Prison3 reviews Jane Evelyn Atwood Phaidon Press, 2000 Compassionate photos and text about women in prison + Jails on pictures This an extraordinary book of photographs and text about women in prison. The title of the book is an apt and ambiguous description of the plight of the women prisoners she describes, for two of her major points are that they generally lead more barren lives than men within prison walls and also ...             Memoirs from the Women's Prison4 reviews University of California Press, 1994 A Beautiful Story of Struggle and Independence + Moving and Powerful + Dr. Sadawi does it again This is one of my favorite books of all time. I had to read it for a class in college, and I will be the first to admit that I was turned off by the cover and the bland title. I'm glad I was forced to give this book a chance. It's an amazing true story of a female doctor in Cairo who is taken ...             Keeping the Faith: Stories of Love, Courage, Healing, and Hope from Black America Tavis Smiley Anchor, 2004 In Keeping the Faith , nationally acclaimed author and commentator Tavis Smiley, host of NPR’s The Tavis Smiley Show, weaves stories of over one hundred African Americans into a rich tapestry of intimate testimonies about life, love, and inner strength. In Smiley’s affirming collection, black Americans from all walks of life join with well known figures such as Iyanla Vanzant, ...             No Safe Haven: Stories of Women in Prison Lori B. Girshick Northeastern, 2000 Incarcerated women in the United States are largely an invisible population because of their small numbers, their involvement in less violent and serious offenses, and their neglect by most criminologists. Yet all too often prison has become a dumping ground for women who lack options for self-support, or who need drug treatment, job training, or a haven from battering. This work draws on the ...             Loose That Man & Let Him Go!9 reviews T. D. Jakes Bethany House Publishers, 1996 "Words of Wisdom for Men Young and Old" + just WOW !!!!!!! + excellent, inspirated by God. + It is Time to Heal!             Prisons We Choose to Live Inside12 reviews Doris Lessing Harper Perennial, 1987 Things You should have been taught. + Beyond Revealing for some, a reminder for others + Brilliant Essays on Sociology + A must Read!!! + Could be one of the most important books you'll ever read             Women In Prison: Inside the Concrete Womb3 reviews Kathryn Watterson Northeastern, 1996 Absolutely Horrific What American Women Go Through + missing pages + Well Researched And Informative I found it difficult to believe some of the sentences these women drew for the "petty crimes" they committed.After reading what they are subjected to they are expected to come out of prison better people!!!What I read in this book was unbelievable.I would expect this to happen in other countries ...             The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?1097 reviews Rick Warren Zondervan, 2002 A MUST READ!!! VERY SPIRITUAL & MOTIVATING!!! + Best lie-changing book ever! + Wonderful + Purpose Driven Life + Outstanding!!             Global Lockdown: Race, Gender, and the Prison-Industrial Complex Routledge, 2005 The recent explosion in women's imprisonment in the US--a 2,800 percent increase from 1970 to 2001--and around the world has received little critical analysis. Women of color, immigrants, and indigenous women, in particular, have been targeted by "tough on crime" policies and the global war on drugs, making them the majority inside prison walls while still the minority outside of them. The ...