338 Pages
by
Routledge India
338 Pages
by
Routledge India
338 Pages
by
Routledge India
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Based on original research and personal encounters, this book narrates the real-life-stories of women locked up in Indian prisons for alleged or actual violations of the state’s criminal laws. It contextualises women offenders’ experiences of the criminal justice system and of state custodial institutions within the larger narratives of their particular lives, thus interrogating the social as... Read more
List of Plates. Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. Saloni’s Choice 2. Rukhsana doesn’t Belong Here 3. The Maiming of Mumta 4. Bina’s Fourteen Years of jailvas 5. Hasina, the Husband Slayer 6. Vimla to Pagal Hai (Vimla is Insane) 7. Shobhavati: Married at Ten, Thirteen Children, There Survive 8. Urvashi: ‘In a Woman’s Body’ 9. Lakshmi: ‘Long Live the Revolution’ 10. Raziya: I am Staff and Imprisoned. Conclusions and New Beginnings. Bibliography. About the Author. Index
Biography
Rani Dhavan Shankardass is Secretary-General, Penal Reform and Justice Association (PRAJA), India, and Honorary President of Penal Reform International (UK).
