Invisible women : what's wrong with women's prisons? / Angela Devlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Devlin, Angela.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Female offenders--Great Britain.

Female offenders.

Reformatories for women--Great Britain.

Reformatories for women.

Women prisoners--Great Britain.

Women prisoners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

What's wrong with women's prisons?

Place of Publication:

Winchester : Waterside Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recreates the realities of prison life for a woman at the end of the twentieth century, as conditions worsen with overcrowding, staff shortages and expenditure cuts. This book describes the over-use of medication as a means of control; the plight of ethnic minority women, and the self-mutilation and suicide attempts of female prisoners.

Contents:

Cover

Acknowledgments

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ONE Who Goes to Prison?

TWO Sweatboxes

THREE Mums Inside

FOUR Green and Friendly

FIVE Kicking Off

SIX Screws and Cons

SEVEN Turning the Screw

EIGHT Twisted Sisters?

NINE Drugs: A Conspiracy Of Silence

TEN Poor Mules and Strong Fighters

ELEVEN In Sickness and in Health?

TWELVE Slashers and Swingers

THIRTEEN The Dreaded 'TOB'

FOURTEEN Devils' Advocates?

FIFTEEN Rag Dolls and Muppet Shops

SIXTEEN Gate Fever and Liberty Clothes

EPILOGUE What of the Future?

Appendix 1: Prison Visits and Interviews

Bibliography

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-385) and index.

ISBN:

9786611124601

9781281124609

1281124605

9781906534295

1906534292

OCLC:

923509420