Abstract
This study provides research from a narrative study of four formerly incarcerated women who shared stories of how they used literacy to form positive, empowering identities. Incarcerated people in the USA are stripped of their identities as part of their punishment. Many popular culture messages identify justice-involved people through the stigmatized identities such as criminal, repentant, victim, addict. The women in this study used reading and writing to form empowering and multi-faceted identities such as mother, student, and community member.
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Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Corrections Education; Literacy; Empowerment; Justice-Involved Women; Narrative Research
