Verkkothe main theme of the book are the lives of women prisoners who were confined from the end of the second world war through the first, most brutal and intense phase of. Verkkobarriers faced by female prisoners and by specific groups of female prisoners such as girls, foreign nationals and women from ethnic minority groups. Verkkogiven the gendered impact of recent punitive prison policies, this essay focuses on women and traces their steps as they navigate the many complex,. Verkkowomen account for just 4% of the prison population; Verkkoas lawmakers increasingly call for policy changes to help women in prison, they must not ignore the massive gap between the need and availability of. Verkkowe propose four strategies to reform women's incarceration worldwide: (1) recognizing and dismantling systemic and institutionalized.
