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The Plight of Women in the Penal System featuring Silja J.A. Talvi



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2008/12/05 - 7:00pm

The number of women in U.S. prisons has increased 757% in the last 30 years — and the prison system does not have proper services to deal with the population. Talvi, author of Women Behind Bars: the Crisis of Women in the U.S. Prison System, will illuminate the system’s inability to deal with these issues.

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