Break The Chains » Substance Abuse and Women http://breakchains.org Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:05:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 ©Deborah Small dsmall@breakchains.org (Deborah Small) dsmall@breakchains.org(Deborah Small) 1440 Break the chains Deborah Small Deborah Small dsmall@breakchains.org No no http://breakchains.yvod.com/wp/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Break The Chains http://breakchains.org 144 144 Substance Abuse and Women http://breakchains.org/substance-abuse-and-women http://breakchains.org/substance-abuse-and-women#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:40:26 +0000 deborah http://breakchains.yvod.com/wp/substance-abuse-and-women In 2005 we collaborated with the Brennan Center for Justice and the Women’s Rights Division of the ACLU to produce a major report on the impact of drug policies on women and their families, the report entitled:

Caught in the Net: The Impact of Drug Policies on Women and Families

(Fair Laws 4 Families)

The report was released in conjunction with a conference held at New York University Law School that brought together activists, formerly incarcerated women, judges, lawyers, treatment providers and other criminal justice professionals to examine the role drug laws and sentencing policies play in the increasing incarceration rate of women and propose alternatives that are both humane and effective.

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