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Abstract

During this process of helping the women draft their memoirs, I wholly admired them for their ability to share such damning and alternately courageous moments that shaped their lives, but I was also scared for them. There is such a stigma attached to the notion of incarceration and because of this I have hid my own story for years. Thus, I was left with the belief that if these women are strong enough to help each other and help other women then I should also be willing to tell my story. The purpose of this special issue, in my view, is to peel back the veil of the single story and allow women their own voice, their own narrative, the ability to tell their own story. So, I am offering my story as well with the same goal that many of the other women had and stand with them in solidarity in the hopes that another woman will read this and it will mean more to her than a data- driven think piece, and maybe, just maybe, she can cast off the belief that incarceration and victimization is her single story.

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