Once clean, Susan dedicated her life to supporting women facing similar struggles. On her own, she eventually found a private drug rehabilitation facility. She cycled in and out of prison for over fifteen years never was she offered therapy or treatment for addiction. As a resident of South Los Angeles, a black community under siege in the War on Drugs, it was but a matter of time before Susan was arrested. Consumed by grief and without access to professional help, Susan self-medicated, becoming addicted first to cocaine, then crack. Language eng Summary 'Susan Burton's world changed in an instant when her five-year-old son was killed by a van driving down their street. Women drug addicts - United States - Biography.Abused women - United States - Biography.African American women social reformers - United States - Biography.Women prisoners - United States - Biography.Women ex-convicts - United States - Biography.Burton, Susan, (Founder of A New Way of Life (Organization)).Burton, Susan, (Founder of A New way of life (Organization)).Burton Title remainder from prison to recovery to leading the fight for incarcerated women Statement of responsibility Susan Burton and Cari Lynn with a foreword by Michelle Alexander Title variation Becoming Miss Burton Creator Burton : from prison to recovery to leading the fight for incarcerated women Title Becoming Ms. Burton not only humanizes the deleterious impact of mass incarceration, it also points the way to the kind of structural and policy changes that will offer formerly incarcerated people the possibility of a life of meaning and dignity Her organization, A New Way of Life, operates five safe homes in Los Angeles that supply a lifeline to hundreds of formerly incarcerated women and their children-setting them on the track to education and employment rather than returns to prison.

Summary 'Susan Burton's world changed in an instant when her five-year-old son was killed by a van driving down their street.

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