References

www.womenstreatmentcenter.org – The Women’s Treatment Center provides women with a continuum of care, recovery tools, and parenting skills to maintain a sober lifestyle.

www.samhsa.gov – Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration “A Life in the Community for Everyone”.

www.centerforgenderandjustice.org – Center for Gender & Justice (CGJ) seeks to develop gender responsive policies and practices for women and girls who are under criminal justice supervision.

www.harborviewrecovery.com – Harborview Recovery Center, are dedicated to providing effective treatment for alcoholism and other drug dependencies while offering a safe place in which to heal. They approach treatment in a holistic way, working with mind, body and spirit as components of a healthy life and their multidisciplinary team are certified professionals who develops individual treatment plans for each patient.

www.hcenter.org – Haymarket Center is to aid people with chemical dependency in their recovery.

www.nida.nih.gov – National Institute on Drug Abuse – “The Science of Drug Abuse and Addiction”.

www.stillpointtheatrecollective.org – Still Point has created a short theatrical piece entitle “Strong Women”, which is built solely around poetry written by women incarcerated in the Cook County Jail, located in Chicago, IL.