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  The Fire Inside
 Issue 31 - Fall 2005

< Dedication
 
< Chowchilla’s women prisoners on Katrina
 
< Legal Corner: CDCR’s recievership background
 
< Health care recievership update
 
< Editorial: Nuestro 10 Aniversario de la CCWP
 
< Editorial: On the tenth anniversary of CCWP
 
< Victim #1
 
< Is anyone out there?
 
< The Impact of Incarceration on Children of U.S. Prisoners
 
< Messages from inside
 
< Women’s art from inside: Changing perceptions, challenging violence
 
< Finland’s prison reforms
 
< Katrina aftermath
 
< A Family Survives Katrina
 
< It's Your Health: Domestic violence on the inside
 
< Parole Beat
 
      

Messages from inside

Chopper, CCWF

We miss and love you! Salutes to "Happy," JoAnn, and Juju-Mama! CCWP is a blessing. We'll miss Christina and we will embrace Yvonne.

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Wanda Brown, CCWF

I appreciate you all taking the time and effort to talk, listen, and to care about our needs. And don't give up on us, this place can be really negative but you put positivity in our lives. I appreciate it all and pray they won't run you away.

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E. Sherrie Smith, CCWF

We women here at CCWF would like to send a very special honor of thanks to Urszula, Diana, Sally, Christy, and all the rest of the volunteer team at CCWP. Thank you so much for all your help over the years.

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Hakim Anderson, CCWF

Oppression among women in prison is prevalent. Thanks to CCWP we fight for humanity.

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Sara Olson, CCWF

Thanks for bringing a little bit of the outside inside, for spinning our stories outward.

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Nick Bottom, CCWF

I would like to honor a FRIEND who touched many lives inside as well as outside there walls. Kerri (K-Loc) Broughton will always be remembered as a TRUE FRIEND to many as well as a BLESSING from God. May the Heavens hold you tenderly. A special thanks to the ladies of CCWP for all the support and care you've given CCWF. Thanks a million. God Bless.

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Genea Scott, CCWF

While being here I have had the opportunity and pleasure of meeting and receiving support from CCWP staff and volunteers. Thank you all... A shout to Christina! Keep up the good work wherever you may go in life you will succeed. Look toward the sky and keep smiling. You're a star fr many of us, good luck girl and see you soon. Welcome Yvonne Cooks to CCWP and into our lives. Peace and love.

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Linda Field, CCWF

I would like to take this time to remember some of our lost sisters. Diana was the first to die here because of medical negligence (July '91). We lost Birdie Foleu. I lost two roommates, Annie Jackson and Minerva Gonzales. Let's not forget Charisse Shumate and all the others. Please dedicate the next decade to all of the sisters burried but who will live in our hearts.

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Bambi Boyer, VSPW

Thank you and God bless your organization for giving a voice to those that society has forgotten.

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Sammy Pierce, CCWF

From the bottom of my heart I want to thank Urszula for coming into my life and showing me that some things are worth fighting for. Urszula has stood by me through this long 2-year trip fighting for Native American rights.

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Mary Shields, CCWF

Diana, you have been a blessing to my life. So know that no words can truly say what I feel in my heart about you. Thank you for caring so much about me and others. You are a blessing to all because you are a very special lady. Thank you again for making a big difference in my world.

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Bea Smith-Dyer, CCWF

I have been told to expect miracles. CCWP has been our ray of light through this journey of darkness. Love, Bea.

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Medina Ibbotson, CCWF

Over the years I've needed help woth medical and personal issues. Without the help of CCWP I wouldn't have a place to turn.

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Marilyn Buck, Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin, Ca.

You live your intentions though sisters who struggle from outside after crossing over. Carry on the tradition!

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Jane Dorotik, CCWF

May we be blessed with the future of our choice. May we live to see a thousand reasons to rejoice. In solidarity, Jane.

Last updated December 29, 2005 11:30 PM



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