Barbara Owen, James Wells and Joycelyn Pollock, In Search of Safety: Confronting Inequality in Women’s Imprisonment, University of California Press: Oakland, CA, 2017; 280 pp.: ISBN: 9780520288720

Abstract

At the same time, the inclusion of the voices of the imprisoned is all the more important when investigating women’s prisons. Only by giving a voice to imprisoned women can the researcher avoid constructing typical (and harmful – a critical mind would say violent) narratives about women in prisons as being passive, conforming and obedient. The authors have enabled them to enforce their right to present and explain their own situation in a first-hand way, giving them the power, which will definitely be an advantage in their future search for safety