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Degradation, Harm and Survival in a Women's Prison

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2006

Phil Scraton  and
Linda Moore
Phil Scraton
Affiliation:
Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Queen's University, Belfast E-mail: p.scraton@qub.ac.uk
Linda Moore
Affiliation:
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
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Abstract

Based on primary research for the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission this article focuses on the conditions and regimes under which women and girls are imprisoned in the North of Ireland. Extensive interviews with women place their experiences and reflections at the heart of the analysis and are supported by full observational access to the daily routines in operation at the Mourne House Unit at Maghaberry Prison. Of particular concern are institutionalised practices regarding self-harm, suicide prevention and the pathologisation of girls and women with mental health needs.

Type
Themed Section on National and International responses to gendered violence against women
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 67 - 78
Copyright
Cambridge University Press 2005

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