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October 11, 2009 in Activist Art, Prison Non-Photography | Tags: Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Have Women Become That Much More Dangerous?, Scott Boylston, Women in Prison
Found at the amazing Center for the Study of Political Graphics
Why bother wasting words when an effective graphic says it all?
Women in Prison Scott Boylston, Silkscreen, 2005
The production of this poster was donated to promote the work of Action Committee for Women in Prison.
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October 12, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Stan Banos
Definitely more profitable…
October 23, 2009 at 6:01 am
OwloftheWolery
A very stark graphic which probably says more than a thousand words. I suspect Edward Tufte, the author of “The Visual Display of Quantitative Information”, would approve.
You can find equivalent information for England and Wales by checking out The Howard League for Penal Reform’s Lost Daughters campaign at http://www.howardleague.org/lost-daughters/
August 20, 2013 at 12:03 am
Women Lost To Decades, Even Life, In Prison For Non-Violent “Conspiracy” Drugs Charges | Prison Photography
[…] From a woman whose old phone, still in her name, was used by a drug dealer to a women who drove drugs across state lines. Yes, there may have been a poor decision or lack of inquiry involved but there was also coercion (usually by a male friend or family member) and the result is a long, long mandatory-minimum sentence. Such is the War On Drugs which has been largely responsible for an eightfold increase in the female prison population in the U.S. […]