Three women who were incarcerated in the Ohio prison system are featured in a new film that debuts Thursday as part of the 32nd annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival, which this year is virtual.
In January, nearly 3,400 women were incarcerated in Ohio’s prisons, many of them mothers. The film points out that the number of incarcerated women across the country has increased 800 percent since the nation s war on drugs began in the 1970s, and that about 80 percent of those jailed are mothers. Apart, from Red Antelope films, was directed by Jennifer Redfearn and produced by Tim Metzger. Redfearn will be among those participating in an online question and answer session Thursday at 8:30 p.m. after a screening of the film at 7 p.m.
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The women worked as clinicians to empower community members within the reformatory to set their course. That is until they lost their contract due to COVID-19. Author: Molly Brewer Updated: 7:24 AM EST March 10, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio When Annette Dominguez and Candace Paulucci found themselves out of work after 30+ years helping the women inside the Ohio Reformatory for Women, the two wasted no time finding a new way to serve.
“If you know that you were meant to serve, you can find a way to do that,” Dominguez said. “We had to sort of reinvent ourselves but we did and we still get the opportunity to engage with and serve this population that we’ve been committed to all these many years. The need is great and we just had to figure out how to do it differently.”