Women In Prison: Inside the Concrete Womb

by Kathryn Watterson

Other authorsMeda Chesney-Lind (Contributor)
Paper Book, 1996

Status

Available

Call number

365.43

Publication

Northeastern (1996), Edition: Revised, 402 pages

Description

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.

User reviews

LibraryThing member galacticmidwife
I can't believe more people haven't read this book; doesn't anyone care? I write to a few men in prison, and didn't think about women and I consider myself a femininst!
What happened? Somethings wrong with this picture. We should all be listening and start doing something about it. The concrete
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womb?!! it tweaked my soul!!
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

402 p.; 6.25 inches

ISBN

1555532381 / 9781555532383
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