A woman doing life: notes from a prison for women

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Robert Johnson

Chapter 1. Jail Time

Chapter 2. Prison Time

Chapter 3. Love in a Cold Climate

Chapter 4. Violence behind Bars: Women, Mano a Mano

Chapter 5. Shakedowns, Fakedowns, and Solitary Confinement

Chapter 6. Quality of Life (Loosely Defined)

Chapter 7. Living with Loss

Chapter 8. Programs, Privileges, and Oases of Creativity

Chapter 9. The Sick and the Dead

Chapter 10. Other Voices, Other Venues: Self-Portraits by women in Prison

Chapter 11. Looking Out and Looking Back: Recidivism and Religion; Remorse and Redemption

Origami Heart / Erin George

Epilogue

Afterword / Joyceiyn Pollock / Alison B. Martin

Appendix A. Terms Of Entanglement: A Prison Glossary

Appendix B. A Prison Cookbook

Appendix C. Cell Buddy

Jail time

Prison time

Love in a cold climate

Violence behind bars : women, mano a mano

Shakedowns, fakedowns and solitary confinement

Quality of life (loosely defined)

Living with loss

Programs and privileges, and oases of creativity

The sick and the dead

Other voices, other venues : self-portraits by women in prison

Looking out and looking back : recidivism and religion; Remorse and redemption

Origami heart.