Jordan and Sullivan won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for their '' Post '' series on the " horrific conditions in Mexico 's criminal justice system and how they affect the daily lives of people , " as the Pulitzer Board described . Along with four '' Post '' photographers , Jordan and Sullivan were also finalists for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for their series of stories on the difficulties women face around the world . The Pulitzer jury called the series a " sensitive examination of how females in the developing world are often oppressed from birth to death , a reporting project marked by indelible portraits of women and girls and enhanced by multimedia presentations . " Jordan and Sullivan authored '' The Prison Angel : Mother Antonia 's Journey from Beverly Hills to a Life of Service in a Mexican Jail '' ( The Penguin Press , 2005 ) . In 2006 , the book won the Christopher Award , which " salutes media that affirm the highest values of the human spirit . " Together with Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus , two of the women kidnapped and held for nearly a decade by Ariel Castro in Cleveland , Jordan and Sullivan wrote the bestselling book '' Hope : A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland '' , published by Viking in April 2015
two of the women kidnapped
Ariel Castro kidnappings
Mary Jordan (journalist)