![]() ![]() Susan is now nationally known as an advocate for restoring basic civil and human rights to those who have served time. Her organization, A New Way of Life, now operates five safe homes in Los Angeles that supply a lifeline to hundreds of formerly incarcerated women and their children-setting them on the track to education and employment rather than returns to prison. She began by greeting women as they took their first steps of freedom, welcoming them into her home, providing a space of safety and community. Once clean, Susan dedicated her life to supporting women facing similar struggles. On her own, she eventually found a private drug rehabilitation facility. She cycled in and out of prison for fifteen years never was she offered therapy or treatment for addiction. As a resident of South L.A., an impoverished black community under siege by the War on Drugs, it was but a matter of time before Susan was arrested. ![]() Consumed by grief and without access to professional help, Susan self-medicated, becoming addicted first to cocaine, then crack. ![]() Susan Burton’s world changed in an instant when her five-year-old son was killed by a van on their street in South Los Angeles. One woman’s remarkable odyssey from tragedy to prison to recovery-and recognition as a leading figure in the national justice reform movement ![]()
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