What brings a 66 year old woman, mother to four children and grand-mother to nine grandchildren to experiment with prison instead of quietly sitting in a rocking chair or travelling the world? It all started in 1993. I had everything – a close family, a respected profession, success, material comfort, good health. In short, I [...]

The article below was published in The Village Voice nearly three years ago, in January 2006. It still reads as if it was written yesterday and sounds even more actual today.

“I don’t want to see this country ever go across the bridge. I know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in [...]