User:Andrea C. James/sandbox

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Andrea C. James
The Ancient Greek philosopher
BornOctober 14, 1964
Boston, MA
OccupationAbolitionist . Executive Director at The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls . Author.
SpouseJon James
Parent(s)Matthew and Dolores Goode

Born September 28, 1969 (age 51) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.[1] Alma mater Smith College Occupation Writerauthormemoirist Notable work Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison Spouse(s) Larry Smith ​(m. 2006)​ Website piperkerman.com www.thepipebomb.com


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Biography

Andrea James, JD, is the Founder and Executive Director of The National Council For Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, Founder of Families for Justice as Healing, author of Upper Bunkies Unite: And Other Thoughts on the Politics of Mass Incarceration, a 2015 Soros Justice Fellow, and recipient of the 2016 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights award.

As a former criminal defense attorney and a formerly incarcerated woman, Andrea shares her personal and professional experiences to raise awareness of the effect of incarceration of women on themselves, their children, and communities. Her work is focused on ending incarceration of women and girls and contributing to the shift from a criminal legal system focused on police and prisons, to a system led by directly affected people from within their communities and based on individual and community accountability.

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