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Whitner vs. the State of South Carolina
Articles
Addressing Women's Incarceration: A National Survey of State Commissions and Task Forces on Women in the Criminal Justice System
Women, Harm Reduction, and HIV
The Sentencing Projects Shares New Insight on Women in the Criminal Justice System
Drug Policy Alliance Files Amicus Brief to Challenge the Criminalization of Pregnant Women Struggling with Substance Abuse – State of New Mexico v. Martinez
Punishment For Pregnant Women
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Book Chapters
Women: Research and Policy: Part I


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Women Behind Bars: The Crisis of Women in the U.S. Prison System
With Child: Substance Use During Pregnancy: A Woman-Centred Approach
Behind the Eight Ball: Sex for Crack Cocaine Exchange and Poor Black Women
From the Inside: Dispatches from a Women's Prison
From Witches to Crack Moms: Women, Drug Law, and Policy
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Documents
SM 19: Building Healthy Families by Promoting Drug Treatment
Buprenorphine and the Women's Prison Pilot Project
Brief Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent, Regina D. McKnight v. State of South Carolina
Motion to File Amicus Brief and Amicus Brief in Support of the Motion to Dismiss the Information in State v. Theresa Lee Hernandez
State of NM v. Martinez Amicus Brief
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Fact Sheets
Arresting Pregnant Women for Drug Use


Legal
Whitner v. South Carolina, Amicus brief from the Lindesmith Center
State v. McKnight, Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina, Opinion (Jan. 27, 2003)
Whitner vs South Carolina, Appendix of the Amicus brief from the Lindesmith Center
Whitner vs South Carolina, Petition for a Writ of Certiorari: Opinion


Letters
Letter to Texas District Attorney Randall Sims on the Arrest of Pregnant Women for Child Abuse (Sign-On Letter)
Sign On Letter: Ferguson v. The City of Charleston


News Articles
Court to Consider Whether Doctors, Cops Should Cooperate to Prosecute Pregnant Women
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Case Against Hospital and Police for Wrongfully Arresting and Jailing Pregnant Women and New Moms


News Summaries
Victory in New Mexico Supreme Court
Experts to Hawai'i Supreme Court: Overturn Wrongful Conviction
Alliance Work on Behalf of Pregnant Women Bears Fruit
Alliance Activists Take Part in Historic Women's March
Kentucky Court, Citing State Law, Clears Mother of Child Abuse Charges
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Polls
Key Findings: A Survey of South Carolina Voters on Drug Use, Treatment & Pregnancy


Press Releases
South Carolina Supreme Court Reverses 20-Year Homicide Conviction of Regina McKnight
Supreme Court of New Mexico Strikes Down State’s Attempt to Convict Woman Struggling with Addiction During Pregnancy
New Mexico Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Case Involving Prosecution of Woman Struggling with Addiction During Pregnancy
State of the Art Medication Assisted Drug Treatment Program Heads to Gov. Richardson’s Desk
Over 60 Leading Medical, Public Health, Child Welfare and Drug Treatment Organizations and Experts Ask Hawai'i Supreme Court to Overturn Conviction of Tayshea Aiwohi
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Reports
The Punitiveness Report - HARD HIT: The Growth in Imprisonment of Women, 1977-2004
Drugs in Pregnancy
TRIAD Drug Treatment Evaluation Project: Final Report of Three-Year Outcomes
Meeting the Challenge: Ending Treatment Disparities for Women of Color
Collateral Casualties: Children of Incarcerated Drug Offenders in New York
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