Women Behind Bars: The Crisis of Women in the U.S. Prison System by Silja J. A. Talvi, has received the National Council on Crime and Delinquency's PASS literary award for 2007 for excellence in criminal justice-related reporting. The PASS Awards (Prevention for a Safer Society) is the only national recognition of print and broadcast journalists, TV news and feature reporters, producers, and writers, and those in film and literature who try to focus America’s attention on our criminal justice system, juvenile justice system, and child welfare systems in a thoughtful and considerate manner. Watch a video of Silja Talvi being interviewed by Mike McCormick for Making Contact on KEXP at 90.3FM here.