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Connie Keel

Connie Keel Status: Released As seen on Women Behind Bars, Connie Keel served 29 years in prison for sitting in a car while her husband robbed and killed a shop owner. She was freed by Adam Reich, a law student in SC Law’s Post-Conviction Justice Project clinical program. Connie has not forgotten where she comes from and appears to be active with California Coalition for Women Prisoners who's mission is CCWP is a grassroots social justice organization, with members inside and outside prison, that challenges the institutional violence imposed on women, transgender people, and communities of color by the prison industrial complex (PIC). We see the struggle for racial and gender justice as central to dismantling the PIC and we prioritize the leadership of the people, families, and communities most impacted in building this movement. You can visit their site HERE .  Connie Keel on left Ever wonder what happens after the crime and/or the sho...