Ex-Prisoner Pomo Woman Speaks Out

Part of a special issue on native women and state violence. The writer discusses Native American women within the prison system, drawing on her own experience as a former inmate at the California Rehabilitation Center and her subsequent activist work. She describes how the prison environment extends...

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Main Author: Odgen, Stormy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2004
In: Social justice
Year: 2004, Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 63-69
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Criminal Law
Rehabilitation centers
Prisons
Criminal Justice System
Prisoners
Women Prisoners
Native Americans
Native American criminals
Native American women
Native Americans > Government relations > History
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Summary:Part of a special issue on native women and state violence. The writer discusses Native American women within the prison system, drawing on her own experience as a former inmate at the California Rehabilitation Center and her subsequent activist work. She describes how the prison environment extends the social control work of the old boarding schools and missions in stripping Indian people of their culture and identity.
ISSN:2327-641X