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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.
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KATHRYN WATTERSON, an award-winning author and journalist, teaches writing at Princeton University. Among her several books is Women in Prison: Inside the Concrete Womb, also published by Northeastern University Press. Her short stories, essays, and articles have been published in a variety of national journals, magazines, and newspapers, including the Philadelphia Inquirer and New York Times.
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"A graphic, arresting account of prison as a way of life." -- Kirkus Reviews
"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." Review of Books -- Women's Review of Books
"A real contribution to understanding what happens to women incarcerated in our prison system today." -- Natalie J. Sokoloff, Women's Review of Books
"An exposé of a national disgrace . . .eloquent and illuminating" -- Saturday Review
"Here is a shocker, a real eye-opener that deserves wide attention" -- Publishers Weekly
"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." Review of Books -- Women's Review of Books
"A real contribution to understanding what happens to women incarcerated in our prison system today." -- Natalie J. Sokoloff, Women's Review of Books
"An exposé of a national disgrace . . .eloquent and illuminating" -- Saturday Review
"Here is a shocker, a real eye-opener that deserves wide attention" -- Publishers Weekly
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- PublisherNortheastern Univ Pr
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1555532373
- ISBN 13 9781555532376
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages401
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