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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > courts, corrections, punishments > corrections > prison reform > women's advocate ministry
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > penology > corrections (penology) > corrections > prison reform > women's advocate ministry
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > race and crime > corrections > prison reform > women's advocate ministry
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > penology > prisons and correctional facilities > prison reform > women's advocate ministry

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women's advocate ministry  

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  • Women's Advocate Ministry, Inc., known as WAM, is a nonprofit organization established in 1983 to assist women newly incarcerated at Rose M. Singer Correctional Facility at Rikers Island in New York State. WAM provides advocacy and services to these women and their children. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Women's Advocate Ministry]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-Z06FCQRC-T

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