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Vicki Lopez Lukis, BBA

Vicki Lopez Lukis is with Governor Jeb Bush’s Ex-Offender Task Force, the Corrections Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Girls Advocacy Project Community Advisory Board of Miami, Fla.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Vicki Lopez Lukis, 836 Madrid St, Coral Gables, FL 33134 (e-mail: viclukis@aol.com).

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I applaud the Journal for highlighting the public health issues relating to incarceration and reentry into society. In 1999, I surrendered myself to a women’s federal minimum security prison in Florida and began serving 15 months of a 27-month sentence for mail fraud. I learned firsthand the devastating impacts of incarceration on the thousands of women in prison throughout the United States. I witnessed the despair and sadness created by the prison environment as well as the depression and anxiety resulting from being separated from one’s children and family. Worse still is the posttraumatic stress syndrome experienced by many women . . . [Full Text]