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Section I: Public Speaking, Readings, Media, Articles, Reviews

Section II: Media Coverage about Vermont’s Sole Women’s Prison

SECTION I

Public Speaking, Readings, Media, Articles, Reviews

2023

Article titled ‘WRITING INSIDE VT: Empowering Voice as Mirror, Model, and Mentor to Vermont’s Incarcerated Women’ by Sarah W. Bartlett, Journal of Women and Criminal Justice, pp. 87-89

2021

Book Review on Life Lines: Re-Writing Lives From Inside Out, by Anna Saxman, in the Vermont Bar Association’s Vermont Bar Journal, Winter 2021/2022 (page 28)
Author’s Note on Life Lines, by Sarah W. Bartlett in The Mom Egg Review, April 2021

2020

Article titled ‘Invisible Bars: The Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction Records,‘ by Kassie Tibbott, Vermont Bar Journal, p. 41, Fall 2020 Issue
Interview with Bianca Viñas, co-editor of Life Lines, Hunger Mountain Review, a publication of the Vermont College of Fine Arts, 2/17/20

2019

Radio interview about writing inside VT on ‘Relocalizing Vermont’ feat. Kassie Tibbott, Goddard College Radio, Oct. 2019
Panel presentation for “The Impact of Incarceration: Women, Families, Society,” with Kassie Tibbott and Marybeth Redmond and author reading by Dani Benoit. Criminal Justice in Vermont Speaker Series, League of Women Voters, Oct. 2019
Book Review on Life Lines: Re-Writing Lives from the Inside Out, by Dorothy Van Soest, in Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 8/6/19
Op-Ed titled ‘Should Prison Inmates be Allowed to Vote?’ by Kassie Tibbott in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/10/19
Author reading and book signing for Life Lines: Re-Writing Lives from Inside Out, at Main Street Landing Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, VT, 4/12/19

2018

‘Vermont is one of two U.S. states that let incarcerated citizens vote,’ feat. Kassie Tibbott’s work registering voters, 10/31/18

2017

Panel presentation, “writing inside VT: Writing for Change,” with Sarah W. Bartlett and Meg Reynolds at Gemini Ink Writers 2nd Annual Conference, 2017

2016

Keynote: “Story-Telling in Non-Traditional Settings: Writing Inside Prison,” by Sarah W. Bartlett, PA Conference of Teachers of English & Language Arts, Oct. 2016
Keynote: “Writing to Heal: Creating Safe Circles Inside Prison,” by Sarah W. Bartlett, League of Vermont Writers Annual Meeting, Jan. 2016

2015

Book Review on Hear me, See Me: Incarcerated Women Write, by Casadi Marino, in Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, Sage Publications, 5/1/15
Author’s Note on Hear Me, See Me, by Sarah W. Bartlett in The Mom Egg, Jan. 2015

2014

‘Youth, Writing and Identity: An Interview with Sarah W. Bartlett’ by Ruth Farmer in Transformative Language Arts in Action, ed. Ruth Farmer and Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg; R&L Education, Dec. 2014
Radio interview with Angie, one of the Hear Me, See Me book authors, on WDEV radio’s “The Vermont Conversation,” featuring Vermont’s hidden voices, 10/8/14
Author reading for Hear Me, See Me: Incarcerated Women Write at the 10th Annual Book Festival in Burlington, VT, 9/20/14
Mention of Hear Me, See Me as one of the “Top 10 Picks for the 10th Annual Burlington Book Festival,” Burlington Free Press, 9/14/14
Article titled ‘History Written as Beauty: Incarcerated Women Write’ by Sarah W. Bartlett, Wellesley College Review of Books, April 2014
Author reading for Hear Me, See Me: Incarcerated Women Write at Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT, 4/5/14

2013

Article titled ‘Soulful Connections Spring from Prison Writing Program’ by Marybeth Redmond, National Catholic Reporter, 12/3/13
Article about Raven Peres, one of the Hear Me, See Me book authors, titled ‘Going to jail has given me a whole new life,’ by Abby Bliss, Brattleboro Reformer, 11/9/13
Article about our program titled ‘Vermont Women Inmates Heal Through Writing Circle; Publish Book of Their Prose and Poetry,’ AP, 11/3/13 via FoxNews
Book presentation for Hear Me, See Me: Incarcerated Women Write by Sarah W. Bartlett at the Juvenile Justice Conference in Portland, ME, Oct. 2013
Author reading and book signing for Hear Me, See Me: Incarcerated Women Write at Main Street Landing Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, VT, 10/3/13
Interview on Vermont Edition: ‘The Poetry & Prose of Women Behind Bars,’ feat. Sarah W. Bartlett, by Jane Lindholm, VPR, 10/2/13
VPR Commentary titled ‘Mindfully Drumming’ feat. Marybeth Redmond, 6/14/13
Presentation titled ‘One Dignified Moment’ by Marybeth Redmond on VPR, 1/1/13

2012

Article about our program titled ‘Heart of Art: Writing from the Inside Out,’ by Maddie McGarvey, Burlington Free Press, 11/11/12
White Paper titled ‘Reclaiming Lost Ground for Vermont’s Incarcerated Women: The Disturbing Conditions at Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility,’ with Marybeth Redmond and Sarah W. Bartlett as contributing authors, 2/24/12
VPR Commentary titled ‘Treating Addiction’ feat. Marybeth Redmond, 2/15/12
VPR Commentary titled ‘Being a Mentor’ feat. Marybeth Redmond, 1/17/12
 ‘Women Writing for (a) Change: History, Philosophy, Programs,’ by Sarah W. Bartlett in WOMEN on POETRY: Writing, Publishing and Teaching, ed., Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2012

2011

VPR Commentary titled ‘Sacred Words’ feat. Marybeth Redmond, 12/5/11

2009

‘Women Writing for (a) Change: Mirror, Model, Mentor’ by Sarah W. Bartlett, in CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN WOMEN: Our Defining Passages, Carol Smallwood and Cynthia Brackett-Vincent. Maine:  All Things That Matter Press. Dec. 2009

SECTION II

MEDIA COVERAGE about Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility

2020

‘Vermont Department of Corrections chosen for national prison research program,’ Ellie French, VT Digger, 1/22/20
‘Human Rights Commission urges sexual harassment laws revision,’ Grace Elletson, VT Digger, 1/1/20

2019

‘Smith taps former U.S. attorney for Vermont to lead women’s prison probe,’ Alan Keays, VT Digger, 12/27/19
‘Reports of abuse at women’s prison prompting reviews of cases statewide,’ Alan Keays, VT Digger, 12/12/19
‘Report sparks state probe into abuses at Vermont’s prison for women,’ VT Digger, 12/5/19
‘Guarded secrets: claims of sexual misconduct, drug use plague a Vermont prison for women,’ Seven Days, 12/4/19
‘Investment needed in Vermont’s women’s prison,’ commentary by Rep. John Killacky, VT Digger, 11/19/19
‘Panelists raise issues with medical care, complaint process at women’s prison,’ by Ellie French, VT Digger, 3/21/19

2015

‘City councilors go inside women’s prison,’ Channel 5 News, 7/27/15
‘Education Contract at Women’s Facility Cut,’ Elizabeth Hewitt, VT Digger, 6/10/15
‘Controversial Program Locks Down Drug-Addicted Female Inmates,’ Kathryn Flagg, Seven Days, 5/20/15
‘Uniform Improvements at Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility,’ Jim Kenyon, Valley News, 4/5/15

2012

‘Using Comedy as a Tool Where Laughter is a Precious Commodity,’ Jane Lindholm, VPR, 12/13/12