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More And More Women-mothers, Grandmothers, Wives, Daughters, And Sisters-are Doing Hard Prison Time All Across The United States. Many Of Them Are Facing The Prospect Of Years, Decades, Even Lifetimes Behind Bars. Oddly, There's Been Little Public Discussion About The Dramatic Increase Of Women In The Prison System. What Exactly Is Happening Here, And Why? The Answers Are In Women Behind Bars, In Which Investigative Journalist Silja Talvi Sheds Light On Why American Girls And Women Are Being Locked Up At Such Unprecedented Rates. Talvi Travels Across The Country To Weave Together Interviews With Inmates, Correctional Officers, And Administrators, Providing Readers With A Glance At The Impact Incarceration Has On Our Society. With A Combination Of Compassion And Critical Analysis, Talvi Delivers A Timely, In-depth Analysis Of A Growing And Extremely Complicated Issue. -- Publisher's Description. Introduction: The Invisible Struggle -- Here's Your One-way Ticket To Prison -- Women In Wartime -- The Danger Within -- Dangerous Medicine -- Trying To Stay Sane -- Criminalizing Motherhood -- Women Who Kill -- Women Loving Women -- Living In The God Pod -- Shipping Women's Bodies -- Democr

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Author

Silja J. A. Talvi

Publisher

Emeryville, CA: Seal Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781283007948

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Social Science, Fiction

Rating

4.21 / 5 (64 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14