GRITtv: Susan Burton & Kimberle Crenshaw: Hope After Prison

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:51:12 +0000

Hope is in short supply these days, particularly for those in America's packed prison system. California incarcerates more women than any other state, and when those women get out of jail they often have nothing more than $200 in their pockets and hope to go on. Susan Burton was one of those women once, and now she's founder and executive director of A New Way of Life Reentry Project, a nonprofit organization that helps formerly incarcerated women get their lives back together. Susan has been named one of CNN's ten Heroes this year, and is in the running for the top spot, and she joins us via Skype, along with Kimberle Crenshaw, who explains just why Susan's nomination gives her hope in a bleak time. You can vote for Susan here.

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GRITtv: Susan Burton & Kimberle Crenshaw: Hope After Prison