NEW YORK (WABC) The Women s Prison Association says New York State spends $6 billion a year on corrections, and advocates say the needless incarceration of some women is contributing to that staggering number.
Now, one woman has turned the trauma in her life into strength, and by sharing her story, she hopes to end mass incarceration. I am a mom, I am an activist, Kamilah Newton said.
You can add survivor to that list a childhood that was taken too soon. There had already been a pattern of sex abuse toward children in my family going back two or three generations, she said. A cousin of mine raped me. I spent a lot of my teenage years being suicidal.