Women In Prison: Inside the Concrete Womb - Softcover

Kathryn Watterson; Meda Chesney-Lind

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555532381 ISBN 13: 9781555532383

Publisher: Northeastern University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This compelling book, which has been thoroughly revised and updated, draws on candid interviews with over 400 women inmates and prison officials to shed a shocking light on our penal system as it affects women.

About this title

Product Description:

Unusual book

Review:

"A real contribution to understanding what happens to women incarcerated in our prisons today. . . Women in Prison is an excellent primer on the subject. The topics Watterson covers include the history of women's prisons; who is in prison, for what crimes; the prison industries that support the state and are fueled by prisoners' unpaid or miserably paid wages; the profit-making companies, organizations, and communities who benefit from the boom in prison construction and the ever-expanding correctional employment; the difficulties faced by incarcerated women and their children; the frightening world of women inside prison; the plight of those women as they leave prison with $25 in their pockets and no place to call home, no job and children to support; the inadequate medical and psychological services provided for women in prison; and prison friendships, families and sexualities."--Women's Review of Books

"A graphic, arresting account of prison as a way of life."--Kirkus Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1555532381
• ISBN 13: 9781555532383
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 402