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Susan Burton Community Crusader

Complete coverage of Susan Burton and her A New Way of Life Reenty Project for incarcerated women in South Central Los Angeles on CNN. Vote for Sus...

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Why LA Ex Offenders Don't Stand a Chance

Susan Burton, one of CNN's featured Heroe's of the Year, launched her A New Way of Life Reentry Project for incarcerated women in South Central Los...

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Susan Burton for CNN Hero of the Year

Susan's background and story of how she started her New Way of Life Reentry Project for incarcerated women in South Central Los Angeles is profiled...

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Susan Burton, a recovering addict who was incarcerated six times, is on the receiving end of accolades for what she calls "bridge building" pathways for women in prison. The honors range from Harvard University, to the NAACP to CNN's Top Ten Heroes.

Burton, 59, drew on her enormous will and determination to overcome her own adversities and help hundreds of formerly incarcerated women to reenter society, maintain sobriety and reunite with their children. Like many women behind bars, Burton suffered physical and sexual abuse as a child, dropped out of school, and spiraled down into drug abuse and life on the street. When she made her dramatic transformation, she scraped together her small savings and support from other social justice advocates to start A New Way of Life Reentry Project, a safe haven based in Los Angeles, connecting women to housing, legal aide, counseling, health services and employment.

Burton's project is part of the growing ranks of criminal justice reform organizations that operate mostly under the radar with few resources and little public recognition, despite the critical role they play offering redemption, rehabilitation and a hopeful pathway to those who have been behind bars.

Burton has established five homes and helped more than 500 women since 1998. Over the past 30 years, the female prison population in the United States has grown by 832 percent. Los Angeles is the home of the largest reentry population in the country.

Burton's work has won national recognition. She will be honored by Harvard University's Center for Public Leadership and the Los Angeles Women of the NAACP this month. In late September, she was selected from 10,000 thousand nominees as one of CNN's Top Ten Heroes. The cable news network will announce its "Top Hero" during its Thanksgiving evening broadcast.

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