WOMEN IN PRISON

by Joan Henry ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 18, 1952

A British prison perspective which is sympathetic towards those with whom she shared her eight months' stay but is rather provokingly secretive about the personal background which led to the sentence served at Holloway. A ""lidy"" who ""talks lovely"" by the comparative standards of the inmates, most of them case-hardened prostitutes and shoplifters, Jean was at first subdued by the company she was keeping, by the indignities of the clothes and food, by the prevalent loneliness and monotony of a life within walls. But with work replacing the tedium of a solitary life within her cell, with an enforced interest in the lives she shared, the weeks passed- until the transfer to Askham Grange and a more liberal program which preceded her eventual release.... All in all a rather quiet record of misspent lives- unrepenting for the most part at leisure, with little that is sensational to attract the vicarious spectator.

Pub Date: Sept. 18, 1952

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1952

Categories: NONFICTION