Breaking the walls of silence : AIDS and women in a New York State maximum- security prison / the wo...
Breaking the walls of silence : AIDS and women in a New York State maximum- security prison / the wo...
Breaking the walls of silence : AIDS and women in a New York State maximum- security prison / the women of the ACE Program of the Bedford Hill Correctional Facility.
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Publisher
Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
Call Numbers
N362.1969792/219
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Language
English
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Physical content
408 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Preface / Whoopi Goldberg -- Foreword / Elaine A. Lord -- Foreword / Katrina Haslip -- 1. Who We Are -- 2. How ACE Was Conceived -- 3. The Birth of ACE -- 4. ACE Reaches Out -- 5. ACE: A Funded Project -- 6. The Day-To-Day Work of ACE -- 7. Our Stories -- 8. Empowerment Through Education -- Workshop...
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Publisher
Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
The statistics are staggering: 20 percent of all women coming into the New York State prison system either have AIDS or are HIV positive. In response to this very real scenario, a group of inmates at the women's prison at Bedford Hills, New York, conceived of the ACE (AIDS Counseling and Education) Program, and against overwhelming odds made this g...
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Breaking the walls of silence : AIDS and women in a New York State maximum- security prison / the women of the ACE Program of the Bedford Hill Correctional Facility.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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N362.1969792/219
Record Identifier
74VvEoDgB3mb
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ISBN
0879515007 :
9780879515003
0879515007
9780879515003 :
DDC
362.19697920082
MMS ID
991011712889702626
