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title: "A World Apart: Women, Prison, and Life Behind Bars"
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# A World Apart: Women, Prison, and Life Behind Bars

**Brand:** cristina rathbone
**Price:** ₨13860
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- **What is this?** A World Apart: Women, Prison, and Life Behind Bars by cristina rathbone
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Helpful book; provides insight into prison administrations
  

*by A***Y on Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2009*

As a volunteer in a women's prison, I found this book helpful and accurate. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in this issue. The book is very readable, and I plowed through it quickly. The individual stories of women profiled were enlightening, and I particularly enjoyed the historical perspective on incarceration of women. (Thanks to the historical perspective provided by this book, I am now quite sensitive to adult female prison inmates referred to as "girls" or "gals.")Unfortunately, I think the book's scope is limited by the lack of access extended to the author by prison administrators. This doesn't work out in the prison's favor -- there are aspects of prison life left to the imagination, and if the prison researched for this book is similar to the prison I visit, the imaginings forced by the prison's handling of this author may be worse than the reality. A lack of transparency compounds the social issues that come to roost in our nation's prisons.I recommend this book. If this is a topic close to your heart, don't miss "Couldn't Keep It To Myself," Wally Lamb's collection of short stories penned by women in prison.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Very Interesting
  

*by V***A on Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2013*

This book was very interesting. Is describes the anguish many women behind bars face. The physical conditions and treatment of the inmates is right on the mark. Living conditions are horrible, and there is barely any mental health support at all. They'd rather just put you on medication and send you on your way. I would have liked to read more on the history and maybe more from the inmates themselves. All in all, I would recommend this book. I was actually recommended this book by a friend who is still in Framingham.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great book
  

*by R***R on Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2014*

Anyone working with incarcerated women will understand that society has not changed much in the last 100 years for the female inmates.  Sad!  We need to empower the female administrators and the inmates to be able to learn how to make appropriate decisions.  We then need to teach them how to deal with adversity and how to enact goals they have made!  Too often it is a process that looks good on paper but doesn't effectively help the women change.

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