Pulaski Women's Prison comments

good site. i visited a friend in pulaski today on valentines. we had an amazing visit. i gathered more evidencing proving her legal innocence, beside her medical innocence for schizophrenia. shes an amazing woman, happy in almost any situation including prison. its costs more money than i have to hire a competent motivated attorney to sort her case, the public defenders didnt care. anyways, dont always assume an inmate is guilty. many guards , even the warden and dr there, are reportedly guilty of many felonies.

I am a former inmate of Pulaski. I think this is a wonderful thing that you are doing. I can’t wait to see pictures of my former fellow prison mates.

Lovely, yet sad portraits. In my media work I have spend time in jails and prisons. You capture the haunting human nature of these women and I agree, one of the most surprising things about going into these spaces is there are not monsters there, just people who have made such bad, and often unlikeable choices There is great grace in entering prison. Bravo for your work

I thought it was inspiring inspiring

Jan, what you did is nothing like the mugshot sites and the other places online that use the same business model as free porn sites to make money from people who have been incarcerated. What you have done is to help restore the humanity of those you write about. As someone who has a loved one who is incarcerated at Arrendale, I’m grateful for your work.

Great pics and stories. A lot of the women (and I am sure men) have had terrible beginnings. So sad what is done to children, that in some cases go on to make wrong choices. Not a lot seems to be done to help them. Also appears that the legal system needs a big overhaul and some humanity and justice put back into it.

Great story!!!they are us we never know when we can make wrong choices .But there is a true judge God.One day he going to judge broken system

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You would be better served interviewing the victims and the impact these monsters have on others. If this touched your life I am certain you would have a much different perspective.

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Hi,
My mother was an inmate at Pulaski Women’s Prison and I found your exhibit while doing research on bias in the coverage of aging women convicted of crimes. I also found your exhibit on Comfort Women quite remarkable and am interested in asking you a few questions regarding the restoration of dignity for these underrepresented groups.
Thank you

Hi Jan – I have a penpal in Pulaski Women’s prison – she told me a harrowing Covid story that she experienced recently. It was shocking on many levels. Neglect and fear where paramount.

Omg, what is wrong with the judicial system over there?? These prison sentences are absolutely outrageous! I am in New Zealand and if someone was convicted of multiple accounts of fraud over a period of years here, their sentence would be closer to eight years prison…..not 60 yrs!!! What sort of system allows an innocent bystander to be convicted for LIFE with some trumped up law like ‘Guilty by association’, when there is no proof? I am flabbergasted at the almost dictatorship rule, when it comes to sentencing in the United States. These absurd laws should be repealed. For a country that claims to be the Land of the Free….the judicial system is a joke!

I understand that Janice Buttrum is still serving time at Pulaski Prison for a juvenile conviction 40 years ago! Why am I seeing all the teenaged boys in the media with sentence reduction but nothing about Janice?

Melissa baby I’m in Oregon now planning to return to Georgia as soon my case is Over I love you and still believe in are relationship

I was in Pulaski state prison I have a lot of information that would be helpful I came out of prison after 5 years and have completely turned my life around but that place is so bad

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As I continue on my journey now three years since my release I am still shocked after all these years of doing good that I am often treated badly by those in authority. Even the receptionist at the parole office talked down to me when I called to ask for my parole officers number just days ago. We are treated badly in prison and for some this contributes to recidivism. We start believing that we are less than and exchange our home life for prison because that’s where we feel we belong. Having one person treat you well or Cheer you on can make all the difference. This is not spoken about often, so I applaud you for speaking on the behalf of those who cannot or will not. After the crime is committed and we pay our penalty there has to be change.

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What they are doing to my daughter is a crime in itself. They move her around like a yo-yo. Talk and curse at her like she is a dog. When she was in the hospital for two days they did not lock up her things and they were all stolen. Things I pay for. They don’t give them decent food. Watered grits is not a healthy meal. Please someone do something about this. She has not been in any trouble in over three years. Why are they putting her in arms way.

Terrible place to do time for drug violations, nonviolent crime. This place is dangerous and short staffed. Staff don’t care about anything.