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CA: Former women prisoners face longer odds staying out after aid programs slashed

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Former women prisoners face longer odds staying out after aid programs slashed By Mineko Brand SF Public Press ? Dec 24 2010 By the time Sunshine Schmidt was 19, her rebellious streak led her to prison in Wisconsin for violating probation on a forgery charge. But it was just the beginning of her troubled young adulthood. As she tells it, the uncaring reaction from a criminal justice system on autopilot put her back in prison for minor violations, only driving her further into the life of small-time crime as she racked up drug and theft-related charges. ?Every time, I was released back into homelessness or an abusive partner,? she said. ?I didn?t have the resources or tools to get back on my feet.? It was only three years ago, after leaving a California prison at age 27, that Schmidt was able to pursue legitimate jobs and an education...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 26, 2010 (boomark / email).