Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women

With updated facts and even MORE stories of organizing and resistance both in and beyond women's prisons, the new edition of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women is here! Laura Whitehorn, Tina Reynolds and Mercedes Smith have shared their personal stories of organizing and resistance both in and beyond their prison sentences for the second edition. They will join author Victoria Law in sharing their stories and successes as we celebrate the release of the new edition.

Vikki Law is a writer, photographer and mother. She is a co-founder of Books Through Bar--NYC, a long-time volunteer at ABC No Rio and a proud member of WORTH's Sister Circle. She is the editor of the zine Tenacious: Art & Writings from Women in Prison.

Tina Reynolds is the co-founder and co-chair of WORTH (Women on the Rise Telling HerStory), a NYC-based organization of formerly and currently incarcerated women. She is also an adjunct lecturer at York College/CUNY and a co-editor of Interrupted Life: Experiences of Incarcerated Women in the United States (UC Press 2010).

Mercedes Smith is the policy specialist for WORTH, a mother, and a formerly incarcerated woman.

Laura Whitehorn is a former political prisoner and the editor of Safiya Bukhari's The War Before: The True Life Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison, and Fighting for Those Left Behind. She also wrote the introduction to the second edition of Resistance Behind Bars.

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