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Women, incarcerated : narratives from India / edited by Mahuya Bandyopadhyay, Rimple Mehta. - xi, 356 pages ; 22 cm

Contributed articles.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : carceral logics, gender justice, and resistance / Narratives of resistance The dark night of the soul : survival and despair in prison 'Diaries' / 64 days in Lalbazar : Anatomy of a torture narrative / Narratives of confinement, harm, and resistance / Confronting institutional spaces Women, crime and punishment : indian rhetoric and realities / The Many tales of 'Love': Prison, Survival and resistance / Gender and Prison structures : a study of two women's prisons in Maharashtra / Time is on my side : Negotiating Space and time in prison / Humane Prisons? : Challenges and governance Redesigning women's prisons for correction / Impact of pre-trial detention on women / Culture therapy in prison : Trials and tribulations / Where do we go from here?: Re-examining incarceration as a response to crime / Mahuya Bandopadhyay, Rimple Mehta Uma Chakravarti Sharmila Purkayastha Mahuya Bandyopadhyay Shereen Sadiq Kanupriya Sharma Sadaf Modak Rimple Mehta Mangala Honawar and Vijay Raghavan Upneet Lalli Madhurima Dhanuka B. D. Sharma Penelope Tong. Part I -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- Part II -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- 7 -- 8 Govermentality and contestations : Experiences of women recidivists in Mumbai / Part III -- 9 -- 10 -- 11 -- 12 --

ISBN: 9789354421884

Source: Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office

LCCN: 2022337434

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women prisoners--India.
Women prisoners--Social conditions.--India
Prison administration--India.
Criminal justice, Administration of--India.
Prisonnières--Inde.
Prisonnières--Conditions sociales.--Inde
Prisons--Administration--Inde.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Prison administration.
Women prisoners.
Women prisoners--Social conditions.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India.

LC Class. No.: HV9792 / .W66 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 365.60820954