Hylton, Donna - A Little Piece of Light PDF
2018·0.683 MB·other
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Today, Donna Hylton is a groundbreaking advocate for criminal justice reform—she was a featured speaker at the 2017 Women's March on Washington, and she works hand-in-hand with other influential voices such as Eve Ensler, Michelle Alexander (The New Jim Crow), and Rosario Dawson to ensure prison safety and to end mass incarceration in the US. In fact, Dawson has signed on to play Hylton in a movie that's in development now.
But in 1986, Hylton experienced prison from the inside when she was sentenced to 25 years-to-life for kidnapping and second-degree murder. Like so many women before her and so many women yet to come, her life had been a nightmare of abuse that left her feeling alone and convinced of her worthlessness. With her sentencing, it seemed that Donna had reached the end—at age 19, due to her own mistakes and bad choices, her life was over.
But behind the bars of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, alongside this generation's...
But in 1986, Hylton experienced prison from the inside when she was sentenced to 25 years-to-life for kidnapping and second-degree murder. Like so many women before her and so many women yet to come, her life had been a nightmare of abuse that left her feeling alone and convinced of her worthlessness. With her sentencing, it seemed that Donna had reached the end—at age 19, due to her own mistakes and bad choices, her life was over.
But behind the bars of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, alongside this generation's...
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