Grammatical mistakes in abundance

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	• Women Behind Bars: The Crisis of Women in the U.S. Prison System Silja J. A. Talvi Seal Press, 2007 - 300 pages average customer review:based on 6 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Women Behind Bars

A very important book and timely - I'd like to recommend that Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan read this book for a reality check of what happens to women who are not famous &/or privileged and if they want to help a cause, this is the one they should get their voices behind.

Essential Reading

The plight of women behind bars in U.S. prisons is a national disgrace. Not since my first reading of two quite different books--The Jungle and To Kill a Mockingbird--have I been so moved, and educated, by a story of social injustice. The genius and the beauty of Silja Talvi's book is that she removes herself from the telling of these women's stories. It's as if the inmates are speaking directly to the reader, daring us not to turn away from them, to go on about our lives as if we hadn't witnessed such sweeping, and deeply personal, outrages. Talvi's exquisite blending of reportorial facts and figures and personal narratives makes for compelling reading. It should rouse anyone with a pulse and a conscience to action on behalf of a heretofore silent, invisible, and oppressed group of our fellow human beings.

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insightful piece of journalism

"Women Behind Bars" is a cogent, well-researched and accessible work of journalism that sheds light on an oft-overlooked topic. I'm a former prisoner and current law student who was interviewed for this book. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the prison-industrial complex, especially as it relates to women. Kudos to Silja for giving voice to those who would otherwise remain silenced by the state.

Grammatical mistakes in abundance

While I think this book has a substantial amount of valuable information on the subject of women in prison, I found the grammatical errors throughout the book to be quite distracting. Even with that being said, I did find it to be a marvelous compilation of many years of research on the subject. It is absolutely crucial that more people in society begin to fully comprehend the vast array of implications and "collateral consequences" of mass incarceration, and this book is a great tool in that ongoing struggle. I highly recommend it to any and all.

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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.

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