Hidden Healers : The Unexpected Ways Women in Prison Help Each Other Survive / / Stephanie S. Covington |
Autore | Covington Stephen R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newark : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2024 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (269 pages) : illustrations |
Soggetto topico |
Women prisoners - United States - Psychology
Women prisoners - United States - Social conditions Women - Violence against - United States Prison psychology - United States |
ISBN |
9781394254415
1-394-25441-5 1-394-25442-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Advance Praise -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note from a Hidden Healer: It's Time for Change -- Introduction -- My Time Inside: Black Mountain, North Carolina, 1987 -- Incarcerated Women Are Made Invisible -- Just The Facts -- Trauma in Prison, Trauma of Prison -- How Women Survive Prison -- The Language We Use -- The Voices in Hidden Healers -- Part One: Entering the System -- Introduction to the Criminal Legal System for Women in the United States -- It's Not Like TV -- Who Gets in "The System"? -- Cash Bail and Plea Bargains -- Differences between Jail and Prison -- Who's in Charge -- Differences between Men's and Women's Prisons -- Pathways to Prison: Understanding Trauma and Addiction -- The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline -- First Days -- The Transfer to Prison -- Strip Searches -- The Revolving Door -- Learning the Rules -- Part Two: Living Inside -- Culture and Environment -- Visitation -- The Impact of Improved Facilities -- Sexual Harassment, Assault, and the Prison Rape Elimination Act -- Restrictive Housing -- A Different Kind of Space -- Working Inside the Culture of Corrections -- Finding Your Program -- Barriers to Effective Programs -- Alcoholics Anonymous and Other Recovery Programs -- Creating Safer Spaces Inside -- Food -- Low-Quality Food at Cheaper Prices -- Food as Contraband -- Food as a Method for Rehabilitation -- Creative Solutions -- Mothering from Inside -- Generational Trauma -- Staying Connected to Children -- When Children Visit the Prison -- Pregnancy and Birth -- Connecting with Children after Release -- Grief and Loss -- The Death of a Loved One -- Developing Relationships -- Creating a Sense of Family -- Romantic Bonds -- Mentors, Networks, and Friends -- Medical and Mental Health Care -- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Incarceration.
Getting Care Inside -- Behavior Management as Mental Health Care -- Untangling the Difficulties in Medical and Mental Health Care -- Aging in Custody -- Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, and End-of-Life Care -- Celebrating Special Days -- Something from Nothing -- Holidays Inside -- Graduation Day -- Just Because -- Remembering Those Who Don't Survive -- Part Three: The Journey Home -- Gate Fever -- Going Up for Parole -- When the Law Changes -- The Work of Reentry -- A Lack of Services -- Meaningful Work -- Healing after Incarceration -- Moving along the Spiral -- Spirituality -- Freedom Comes in Many Forms -- Part Four: What We Can Do -- Envisioning Alternatives -- Reforms Aren't Enough -- What Next? -- Do One Small Thing -- Why Start with Women? -- Practical Actions -- Further Learning -- Organizations to Support -- Sources -- Author Biography -- Book Group Discussion Questions -- Also by the Author -- EULA. |
Altri titoli varianti | Unexpected Ways Women in Prison Help Each Other Survive |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910876844403321 |
Covington Stephen R.
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In search of safety : confronting inequality in women's imprisonment / / Barbara Owen, James Wells, Joycelyn Pollock |
Autore | Owen Barbara |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 pages) |
Disciplina | 365/.60820973 |
Collana | Gender and Justice |
Soggetto topico |
Women prisoners - United States - Social conditions
Prisons - Social aspects - United States Women prisoners - Violence against - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-520-96356-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Intersectional Inequality and Women's Imprisonment -- 2. Pathways and Intersecting Inequality -- 3. Prison Community, Prison Conditions, and Gendered Harm -- 4. Searching for Safety through Prison Capital -- 5. Inequalities and Contextual Conflict -- 6. Intersections of Inequality with Correctional Staff -- 7. Gendered Human Rights and the Search for Safety -- Appendix 1: Methodology -- Appendix 2: Tables of Findings -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910156243103321 |
Owen Barbara
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] | ||
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