Elaine Bartlett: Life on the Outside
Elaine Bartlett, the subject of the National Book Award Finalist "Life on the Outside", will tell the story of her release from prison after serving 16 years for a single sale of cocaine.
She had no money, no job, no real home, and four children when she walked through the prison gates. Barlett’s is the story of struggle, survival, guilt, forgiveness, loneliness, and love. Having survived a long mandatory prison sentence, she is campaigning to end the Rockefeller Drug Laws.
This program is brought to you by the Black Student Union, ALANA Support Programs and Cultural Centers, WMUA, the Student Activities Center, and community based organizations including The Real Cost of Prisons Project and the Community Alliance for Justice.
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