Women Behind Bars Summary

The book Women behind bars by Salija J.A. Talvi talks about women who are lock up in prison for drug use or killing their abusers. She portrays women as hidden and abandons from the society. Talvi’s wrote women’s stories in their own word of how they were abusive and killing their abusers only to find more abusive in prison. Most of the women who are sent to prison are committed minor crimes like drug use or fighting back their abuser. She explains the misconception about prisons is typically people who have committed a crime to major damage to people for robbery or murder. She focuses on multiple problems on women are being treated unfairly, lack of medical care for health conditions, and sexual misconduct by staff in the criminal justice system which the society are not aware of. This book tells about women’s stories so their voices can be heard through the wall and bricks that are …show more content…
Many of these women are being sent to prison because of not passing the random drug tests. “In state prisons, women are 47% more like to be doing time for a drug offense than are men” (Chesney-Lind, 2013, p. 124) I don 't think it fair how the system can send an officer to randomly test a women drug use, what if there’s a good reason behind the drugs or them are taking the drug to ease the pain they are in. Getting tough on women’s crime has been a result of the system that is trying to let the women knows “Three Strike and You’re Out” and “Truth in Sentencing” legislation. Passing this law have been an aftermath of more women in prison. Due to the “Truth in Sentencing” around 85% of women have to go behind the bars to serve their time. I don 't think some of this law are necessary for women to go to the bar and getting a stricter law to are to prevent more women from entering the prison not include