Susan Burton

Telling your story is transformative. For both the storyteller and their audience, a new bridge to understanding is created.

— Susan Burton

Insulin is a crisis medication.

— Susan Burton

I can remember, as a child, the happy days of us all piling into the car and going to the drive-in. And…

— Susan Burton

I knew hundreds and hundreds of women like me, who had traveled in and out of prison in a revolving door. They…

— Susan Burton

Everyone needs a place to live. Everyone needs a place to come home to every night. I don't understand why our society,…

— Susan Burton

It's important the sheriff and the D.A. work with the community to realize real-world solutions. If they make decisions in silos, it…

— Susan Burton

We all make mistakes. Sometimes people slip, but that doesn't mean they're not worthy of the support.

— Susan Burton

I knew I wasn't born to be caged and chained up.

— Susan Burton

The person who has been convicted has served their time. Why would we continue to punish and exclude them from housing and…

— Susan Burton

One of the things about incarceration is that you're deprived. You lose all of your identity, and then its given back one…

— Susan Burton

We know that the environment and political information is important, and we expose and teach the women about some of the environmental…

— Susan Burton

If you don't have a new door to walk through, the only thing is the old door.

— Susan Burton

Most incarcerated women have stories that are similar to mine. They suffered great trauma as children.

— Susan Burton

A New Way of Life is a safe house that women can come to after they're released from prison in South Los…

— Susan Burton

Many times, I left the prison thinking, 'I'm smart. I can make it. I won't get caught up again.' But you get…

— Susan Burton

We keep a woman in prison for decade after decade at a cost of $60,000 a year, and then give them $200…

— Susan Burton

Our ancestors went through so much in a fight for us to vote. So I believe that we should engage in all…

— Susan Burton

There are so many bright people who just need an opportunity to help others and pay it forward.

— Susan Burton

In prison, you're issued a number of sanitary pads per month. And many times, even when you're issued a number of sanitary…

— Susan Burton

We're willing to spend countless dollars putting people who need help in cages, and then when they get out we say you…

— Susan Burton

We continue to work on policy to end discrimination against people with criminal records.

— Susan Burton

Each time I left prison, I left with the resolve to get my life together, to get a job, to get back…

— Susan Burton

Life has took me on a journey, and through much of that journey, I didn't feel whole, connected, and grounded. So as…

— Susan Burton

When you get locked up, you get locked out.

— Susan Burton

I got caught back up in the underworld because the upperworld really doesn't have a place for people with criminal histories.

— Susan Burton