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Elaine Elinson

Elaine Elinson is the former communications director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and prize-winning coauthor of “Wherever There’s a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists,… Read more

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The Link Between Violence and Female Incarceration

by Elaine Elinson on Sep 13, 2017

The prevalence of physical abuse may be the most open secret behind the growing number of women who end up behind bars.

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Elaine Elinson is the former communications director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and prize-winning coauthor of “Wherever There’s a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California.”