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. Susan Burton's world changed in an instant when her five-year-old son was killed by a van driving down their street. One woman's remarkable odyssey from tragedy to prison to recovery-and recognition as a leading figure in the national justice reform movement her life story is testimony to the human capacity for resilience and recovery. like Michelle] Alexander's The New Jim Crow." Winner of the 2017 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice Winner of the 49th NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Biography/Autobiography) Winner of the 2018 National Council on Crime & Delinquency's Media for a Just Society Awards
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