Women-in-Prison Short Stories: Youth Taken

By Heather Heaton

This ebook is about violent crimes (rape and murder) against children as committed by both women and men. This ebook is the third entry in the series "Women-in-Prison Short Stories".

I (along with the other female inmates) am particularly sensitive to crimes against children. This ebook describes the relationships between women convicted for rape and/or murder and their fellow inmates.

You see lots of things in women's prison, and some of the crimes are really beyond belief, especially when it's a mother commiting a crime against her own child.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Heather Heaton
• Release date: Aug 11, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476322193

Heather Heaton

I am a 34 year old college student living (surviving) in Birmingham, Alabama. Very soon, I will graduate from Jefferson State College in Birmingham, Alabama with an Associate Degree in Business. After graduation from Jeff State, I plan to enroll in the Southeastern Bible College and pursue a program in "Youth Ministry", with my first classes starting in January 2013. I can't wait to get started on that program. I am a determined, committed, self-reliant, problem-solving, independent Christian woman. I have a dog named Betsy, and I love her very much. Betsy can talk to me with her eyes. Betsy gives me unconditional love; and I return the favor. I have a beautiful daughter named Brooklyn, and I have dedicated my books to her. Brooklyn got a new bicycle for her birthday. Maybe I'll write a story about Brooklyn and her new bicycle. I give Brooklyn unconditional love; and Brooklyn returns the favor. I wrote "Her Letters from Prison" a) to describe what it's like being in a women's prison and b) because it is impossible for someone who has a prison record to get a good job in Alabama - with or without a college education. Writing is independent work, and I am betting on myself. I do work other part-time jobs (e.g., waitress, face-painter, clown, etc.), as opportunities may come along. Also, I prepare sales and marketing literature for small businesses on an independent contract basis. I have found that part-time independent work is far less stressful and humiliating than getting turned away from the better jobs by potential employers who will not take a chance on me - even after I honestly tell them about my prison record and how God changed my life in prison. Every chance I get, I perform volunteer work in women's re-entry facilities and drug rehabilitation centers. Currently, I am volunteering to help out in a local women's prison ministry program. I am eminently qualified for this work. I feel that I am "called" to work in the women's re-entry field, longer term. I have enjoyed speaking at churches, sharing my testimony with young people. Also, I participated in the University of Alabama/Women's Studies program for "Women-in-Prison"; and I have been invited back to participate in their 2013 program as well. I would like to expand my speaking engagements to include high school assembly and Celebrate Recovery small group programs. I don't want other young girls to experience what I have had to endure. Thank you for enjoying my books and for being my friend! Heather Heaton

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Women-in-Prison Short Stories:

Youth Taken

By: Heather D. Heaton

Women-in-Prison Short Stories:

Youth Taken

By: Heather D. Heaton

Copyright 2012 Heather D. Heaton

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Smashwords Edition

Heather Heaton's ebooks in the series "Her Letters from Prison" are published as follows:

a) Her Letters from Prison - Part 1: Truth Stands Still Even as the World Trembles and Burns, Heather D. Heaton, Smashwords, ISBN 978-1-4657-2356-3, copyright 2011 (eBook)

b) Her Letters from Prison - Part 2: Ask and You Will Be Forgiven; Seek and You Will Find, Heather D. Heaton, Smashwords, ISBN 978-1-4661-8773-3, copyright 2011 (eBook)

c) Her Letters from Prison: Truth Stands Still Even as the World Trembles and Burns (Second Edition), Heather D. Heaton, ISBN 978-0-692-01725-8, copyright 2012 (paperback - Her Letters from Prison: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 combined)

d) Her Letters from Prison - Part 4: Recycled - Second Time Around, Heather D. Heaton, Smashwords, ISBN 978-1-4762-5038-0, copyright 2012 (eBook)

Note: Go to Heather Heaton's personal website at http://www.heather-heaton.com to purchase her ebooks. Alternatively, you can visit