Name: A World Apart
ISBN: 9780812971095

Cristina Rathbone

The author of On the Outside Looking In offers a revealing study of the lives of women behind bars, focusing on the prisoners held at M.C.I. Framingham outside Boston, exploring every facet of prison culture and its impact on the American criminal justice system, and assessing the impact of the incarceration on both the prisoners and their families. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Women, Prison, and Life Behind Bars

A World Apart

Destini Baylis Adams

***3.5 Stars ***
This book was incredibly eye opening for me. I mean how many people in human society think about the incarcerated ? Also- when we do think about the incarcerated, do we place them in a box? This book helped to not only give knowledge about the system within and the history of MCI-Framingham; but it also sheds light on the lives of the inmates. We never really think about the reasons why people commit crime because we focus on the crime itself. Reading about people like Denise and Charlene specifically struck a nerve because their incarceration has a significant impact on their children. I do feel as if their could have been more details on the lives of the women in MCI-Framingham and that the book should have been formatted differently (more concise, structure of info, etc). However this is a very eye opening and important read.

A World Apart Women, Prison, and Life Behind Bars

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