(Paperback)

This collection examines the history of the experience of female inmates in American prisons from the early nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. The contributors analyze womens efforts to exert agency and control over their bodies and experiences, issues of race and class, and how womens experiences differed from those of male inmates.

(Hardback)

This collection examines the history of the experience of female inmates in American prisons from the early nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. The contributors analyze womens efforts to exert agency and control over their bodies and experiences, issues of race and class, and how womens experiences differed from those of male inmates.