"Hidden Healers is an important book because it reveals so much about the absurdity of calling our justice system for women, "just." It is not an easy book to read because Stephanie Covington, one of our country''s wise women, is merciless in her descriptions of what it is like for a woman to be sent to jail or prison. At the same time, the reader is accompanied on this journey by incarcerated women who are the "hidden healers," clearly demonstrating the time-honored caregiving that women provide for each other under adverse conditions. This book should be a mandatory part of the curriculum of every law school in the country. Every future prosecutor, or judge should know what they are expecting the woman who stands before them to endure, and every FUTURE defender should be aware of what is at stake." Sandra L. Bloom, M.D .
, Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "Dr. Covington writes in an informed and impassioned voice about what she has learned and the women she has learned it from during 30 years working in prisons and jails. Hers is a voice of intelligence and compassion, pragmatism and hopefulness honed by the sharp edges of the reality of our prisons and jails. As important as her earlier work was, and the importance of the contributions they made, the voices of the women with whom she has worked and from whom she has learned makes this her most personal, and most important book. This is a ''must read'' for everyone interested in prisons and jails today." Martin F. Horn , Secretary of Corrections, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (ret.), New York City Correction Commissioner (ret.
) "Hidden Healers is an important book because it reveals so much about the absurdity of calling our justice system for women, "just." It is not an easy book to read because Stephanie Covington, one of our country''s wise women, is merciless in her descriptions of what it is like for a woman to be sent to jail or prison. At the same time, the reader is accompanied on this journey by incarcerated women who are the "hidden healers," clearly demonstrating the time-honored caregiving that women provide for each other under adverse conditions. This book should be a mandatory part of the curriculum of every law school in the country. Every future prosecutor, or judge should know what they are expecting the woman who stands before them to endure, and every FUTURE defender should be aware of what is at stake." Sandra L. Bloom, M.D.
Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "Dr. Covington writes in an informed and impassioned voice about what she has learned and the women she has learned it from during 30 years working in prisons and jails. Hers is a voice of intelligence and compassion, pragmatism and hopefulness honed by the sharp edges of the reality of our prisons and jails. As important as her earlier work was, and the importance of the contributions they made, the voices of the women with whom she has worked and from whom she has learned makes this her most personal, and most important book. This is a ''must read'' for everyone interested in prisons and jails today." Martin F. Horn, Secretary of Corrections, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (ret.), New York City Correction Commissioner (ret.
), Distinguished Lecturer, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (ret.) New York, New.