Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women's Prisons (Voice of Witness)
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (824 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06WP48FM4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 556 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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An engrossing glimpse into the lives of women prisoners This engrossing narrative is a collection of interviews with women who have been in the prison system in this country in a number of different state prisons. Each story is its own unique tragedy but several things are common to all: the mindless brutality of our prison system and the poverty and dysfunctional lives these women come from. Most were sexually and physically abused as children often with drug addicted parents. There was no one to protect them from repeated bad decisions that dig them into deeper and deeper holes. By the time they hit the prison system they have no . This book is well-written and easy to read Jennifer Baxter This book is well-written and easy to read. The use of pseudonyms and the changing of other case details detract somewhat from the narrative, though, since sometimes the facts as stated clearly conflict with the actual facts of the case. I think the authors changed names and details in order to protect the women, some of whom are out of prison now, but the end result is that those familiar with the actual cases may have some trouble believing any of the narrative because it's unclear if the woman isn't telling the correct story or if it's just a result of the authors changing d. carol5Such a great insight, so touching! This book is amazing! I could not put it down once I started reading it! It gives such great insight into the life of these women and how unfairly treated they are. These stories break your heart, it just hurts to know how these women doing such petty crimes are treated so horribly, just to get through in life and to give their children a better life, they are punished so harshly. I understand that what they did was wrong, but it was for a reason, it was to survive, it was to live, it was to give life, it was to give a better life to others, it was for their children, for their. 1 said Such a great insight, so touching!. This book is amazing! I could not put it down once I started reading it! It gives such great insight into the life of these women and how unfairly treated they are. These stories break your heart, it just hurts to know how these women doing such petty crimes are treated so horribly, just to get through in life and to give their children a better life, they are punished so harshly. I understand that what they did was wrong, but it was for a reason, it was to survive, it was to live, it was to give life, it was to give a better life to others, it was for their children, for their
I will never forget these women, or this book.”—Susan Straight, author of Take One Candle Light A Room “I am passionately, ardently grateful for the existence of this book. How else would I have ever heard the voices of these women? Where would I gain insight or understanding of the lives they describe: harrowing, riveting, rife with misogyny, and utterly unacceptable in a country that values human rights.” —Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture
Together, their testimonies illustrate the harrowing struggles for survival that women in prison must endure.. In their own words, the thirteen narrators in this book recount their lives leading up to incarceration and their experiences inside—ranging from forced sterilization and shackling during childbirth, to physical and sexual abuse by prison staff. Inside This Place, Not of It reveals some of the most egregious human rights violations within women’s prisons in the United States
. Robin Levi is the human rights director of the Oakland-based nonprofit Justice Now, a California-based human rights organization dedicated to building a movement among people in women’s prisons to challenge violence and imprisonment. Ayelet Waldman, an attorney and former public defender, is the author of Red Hook Road and Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor