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14 Facts About Karlene Faith

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Karlene Faith was a Canadian writer, feminist, scholar, and human rights activist.

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Karlene Faith was a professor emerita at the Simon Fraser University School of Criminology.

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Karlene Faith was the oldest of six children and her father was a United Church Minister.

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Karlene Faith played a role in developing the Santa Cruz Women's Prison Project in 1972.

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Karlene Faith received a Danforth Fellowship to study for four more years at UC Santa Cruz, earning her Ph.

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Karlene Faith's PhD Thesis was an anthropological overview of the Rastafari.

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Karlene Faith later wrote a book about her work with the women.

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Karlene Faith viewed all of these women as victims, and lobbied for their early release from prison.

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Karlene Faith has co-hosted the radio show "Criminal Justice on Trial," taught with Dr Rafael Guzman at Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California.

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Karlene Faith conducted research at the California Institution for Women.

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Karlene Faith wrote many books on women and their incarceration.

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Karlene Faith was the recipient of the dean of arts medal for research, teaching, and service focus from Simon Fraser University in 2002.

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Karlene Faith died of an aortic aneurysm on May 15,2017, in Vancouver, Canada.

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Karlene Faith is portrayed in the feature film Charlie Says by actress Merritt Wever.