[Women Prisoner News] Radio Interview of LaKeisha Burton on Int'l Women's Day by Wanda Sabir

[Deirdre Wilson]

 I hope this note finds you well on International Women's Day.

I am hosting a special broadcast and feature an interview with LaKeisha
Burton from our May 13, 2011 show, 6-8:30 a.m. She closes the special
broadcast. Listen to it at your convenience. It is up today, Mach 8, 2012 at
  www.blogtalkradio.com/wandas-picks or on iTunes.

Peace and Blessings.

Wanda Sabir
Visit www.wandaspicks.com

Convicted as a child, *LaKeisha Burton, born and raised in Compton, spent
18 years in California Institute for Women (CIW) when at 15 she was
arrested and tried as an adult* and sentenced to life plus 9 years
consecutively, which meant she had to serve 9 years first and then life—she
was first at youth authority at Camillo in Southern California, for 90
observation where they recommended she stay in the juvenile facility. The
sentencing judge said no, send her to prison. In CIW—she was the youngest
person there, so she was in a segregated housing unit or in solitary
confinement until she turned 18. She served 18 years before release in
2006. No one died. Ironically, she met her victim in CIW, asked for and
received her forgiveness. The victim, who killed someone, was released from
CIW after 9 years.
Visit www.womenprisoners.org
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Deirdre Wilson
Program Coordinator
California Coalition for Women Prisoners
1540 Market Street  #490
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone 415.255.7036 x:4 l Fax 415.552.3150
deirdre at womenprisoners.org l www.womenprisoners.org

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Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures.
Claim no easy victories.
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* Amilcar Cabral*
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