Deborah Jiang-Stein

Deborah Jiang-Stein is an award-winning writer, speaker, and founder of the unPrison Project. She was adopted after being born and spending the first year of her life with her birth mother in prison. She recounts her experiences and search for identity in her memoir, Prison Baby.

URL: http://www.deborahstein.com/

Author Archives: Deborah Jiang-Stein

Barbed wire, symbolizing the book Prison Baby

[Book Review] Prison Baby

Deborah Jiang-Stein - January 18, 2016 - Adoptee Voices, Adoption Book Reviews, Resources, Talking

[Book Review] Prison Baby

Deborah Jiang-Stein - January 18, 2016 - Adoptee Voices, Adoption Book Reviews, Resources, Talking

Jiang-Stein always knew that she was adopted, but only discovered that she was born in a prison at age 12.

Questions for My Birth Mother in the Prison Where I was Born

“Prison Baby”

Deborah Jiang-Stein - December 11, 2014 - Adoptee Voices, Talking, Tough Topics

In this personal essay, one adoptee describes all the questions she wanted to ask her birth mother when she visited her birth country: a jail.

An adoptee who was born in a prison, exposed to subtances, shares her story of beating the odds

“Beating the Odds”

Deborah Jiang-Stein - June 26, 2014 - Adoptee Voices, Racial Identity, Real Adoption Stories, Transracial

My prison birth could have set me up for a life of failure. But the love of my families has led me to one of resilience and hope.

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