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One woman's amazing odyssey from tragedy to prison to recovery - and recognition as a respected shape in the nationwide justice reform movement. Susan Burton's world transformed in an instant when her five-year-old kid was killed by way of a van travelling down their road. Consumed by grief and without usage of specialized help, Susan self-medicated, becoming addicted first to cocaine then to crack. As a citizen of South Los Angeles, a black community under siege in the Warfare on Drugs, it was but a matter of your time before Susan was arrested. She cycled in and out of prison for over 15 years; never was she offered therapy or treatment for cravings. On her own, she eventually found a private drug rehabilitation service. Once clean, Susan dedicated her life to aiding women facing similar problems. Her organization, A New Way of Life, functions five safe homes in Los Angeles that supply a lifeline to hundreds of formerly incarcerated women and their children - arranging them on the track to education and work rather than returning to prison. Becoming Ms. Burton not only humanizes the deleterious impact of mass incarceration, it also tips the way to the kind of structural and policy changes that will offer formerly incarcerated people the probability of lives of interpretation and dignity.
