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Title:

Inside this place, not of it : narratives from women's prisons / compiled and edited by Robin Levi and Ayelet Waldman ; associate editor, Rebecca Silbert ; foreword by Michelle Alexander ; research editor, Alex Carp ; assistant research editor, Jessie Hawk.

Publisher:

Verso

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

310 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Women prisoners--United States--Case studies.
Reformatories for women--United States--Case studies.
Women prisoners.
Female offenders--United States--Case studies.
Female offenders.
Reformatories for women.
United States.
Case studies.

Other Authors:

Waldman, Ayelet, compiler.
Levi, Robin,.
Silbert, Rebecca,.
Alexander, Michelle, writer of foreword.
Carp, Alex,.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-301).

Contents:

Olivia Hamilton -- Sheri Dwight -- Maria Taylor -- Sarah Chase -- Teri Hancock -- Emily Madison -- Anna Jacobs -- Francesca Salavieri -- Marilyn Sanderson -- Taisie Baldwin -- Victoria Sanchez -- Charlie Morningstar -- Theresa Martinez.

Summary:

"Inside this place, not of it reveals some of the most egregious human rights violations within women's prisons in the United States. Here, in their own words, thirteen narrators recount their lives leading up to incarceration and their harrowing struggle once inside"--Page 4 of cover.

Series:

Voice of witness
Voice of witness

ISBN:

1786632284
9781786632289

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1001814490

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

GPPC641 -- Gutekunst Public Library (State Center)