by Bethany Kotlar | Feb 22, 2015 | Blog
Three pregnant women in khaki jumpsuits sit in a circle on blue plastic chairs. The florescent lighting of the cafeteria turned classroom buzzes softly in the background and every so often an ice machine lets off the small rumble of an internal avalanche. Correctional...by Bethany Kotlar | Feb 18, 2015 | Blog
Let’s do some free-association here. When I say yoga, what comes immediately to your mind? You might picture a warm space, a mat, maybe a buddha statue or two. My personal memories of yoga classes include the soothing voice of a teacher, a lavender-scented eye...by Bethany Kotlar | Feb 11, 2015 | Blog
It’s the first question I get when people find out I work in a women’s prison: “Is it like Orange is the New Black?” Sometimes the question makes me laugh; sometimes it makes me sigh. The fact is, answering that question is more complicated...by Bethany Kotlar | Feb 6, 2015 | Blog
I’ve spent the past two and a half years volunteering in women’s prisons. When people ask what exactly I do there I answer: “I listen.” Yes, of course I do a lot of other things. Motherhood Beyond Bars has grown exponentially since we began as...by Bethany Kotlar | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog
Women are the fastest-growing incarcerated population in the United States. According to the Institute on Women and Criminal Justice, female incarceration has grown by a whopping 800% in the past three decades. Most of this increase in imprisoned women is due to...
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