Breaking the Walls of Silence: Aids and Women in a New York State Maximum Security Prison

Breaking the Walls of Silence: Aids and Women in a New York State Maximum Security Prison by AIDS Counseling & Ed. Program. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780879515003.

Twenty percent of all women coming into the New York state prison system either have AIDS or are HIV positive. In response to this very real scenario, a group of inmates at the womens prison at Bedford Hills, New York, created the A.C.E. (AIDS Counseling and Education) Program. This book documents the A.C.E. Program from its beginnings, recorded in the womens own voices, and details nine workshops that anyone can use. 35 illustrations and photos.