Inside This Place, Not of It Narratives from Women's Prisons
Inside This Place, Not of It Narratives from Women's Prisons
- ISBN 13:
9781786632289
- ISBN 10:
1786632284
- Edition: Reprint
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 07/25/2017
- Publisher: Verso
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Summary
Here, in their own words, thirteen women recount their lives leading up to incarceration and their harrowing struggle for survival once insides. Among the narrators:
Theresa, who spent years believing her health and life were in danger, being aggressively treated with a variety of medications for a disease she never had. Only on her release did she discover that an incompetent prison medical bureaucracy had misdiagnosed her with HIV.
Anna, who repeatedly warned apathetic prison guards about a suicidal cellmate. When the woman killed herself, the guards punished Anna in an attempt to silence her and hide their own negligence.
Teri, who was sentenced to up to fifty years for aiding and abetting a robbery when she was only seventeen. A prison guard raped Teri, who was still a teenager, and the assaults continued for years with the complicity of other staff.