Prison Families Alliance recommends the following books.
Featured Books
By JULIA LAZARECK
Julia Lazareck’s introduction to the prison system came after her brother was sentenced to life in prison. He ultimately served his sentence and passed away in prison. Afterwards, Julia had a chance to reflect on the whole experience and realized that she was serving the sentence with him albeit on the outside. She realized that she was living a hidden sentence like so many other family members and wanted to be a resource to others so they could have the information that she didn’t have. Julia wrote this book so everyone has the information they need before, during and after incarceration.
By barbara allAn
Barbara Allan’s introduction to the prison system came after her husband murdered his own father. Before that, she had faced her husband’s alcoholism, his violent episodes, and multiple attempts to protect herself and her two daughters. But it was her confrontation with the criminal-justice system that has stuck with her—for almost fifty years. Founder of Prison Families Anonymous, Barbara discovered early on that families of the incarcerated had to do their own time, struggling to navigate a system that ignored them and sometimes actively shunned them. This is her story.
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