Women Aging in Prison: A Neglected Population in the Correctional System

This book is a great resource for it brings together into one place all that is presently known about women growing older in prisons. Anyone working with female inmates should read it. Chapters comprising this book are: older women in prison; aging and prison adjustment; health and fears of dying; connections to the free world; making a life in prison; the pervasive context of intimate partner abuse; personal transformation behind bars'an intimate look; and policy issues and future concerns.