Introduction -- Mean lives: a theoretical framework -- Mean laws: the rise in female imprisonment -- "Mean women" or "mean lives"?: adverse childhood experiences and adult abuse of women prisoners -- The prison experience -- Going back again by Juanita Ortiz -- Coming home and staying out -- The children and their caregivers -- The winds of change -- Lessons learned and moving forward.
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