The United States leads the world in incarcerating people. 

Although only 10 percent of the prison population is made up of women, since 1980 the rate of growth for female imprisonment has been twice as high as that of men. 

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, over half of imprisoned women in state prisons have a child under the age of 19.

Dyanna Winchester, an advocate for women impacted by legal system, and an ambassador for the Illinois Prison Project discusses her experiences with incarceration and how they affected her children and her role as a mother.

She will be a panel speaker at the seminar “Changing the Narrative on Incarceration” held at Heartland Community College on April 27, 2023.

View the transcript here.