Indeed here in Ireland there has been a huge increase in the number of women sent to prison for non-payment of fines. Read more via the journal: http://jrnl.ie/1185117
Is it really more cost effective for society to incarcerate women?
We need to look hard at prisons. We may not want to. We may prefer to look away. But we need to look at prisons because our prisons are mirrors in which we see dimly reflected ourselves – as a community; what we are prepared to do to others; what we are prepared to have done to others. Unless we are ready to contest and challenge it.
When we look at the picture that accompanies this post, what do we see? A prison corridor. In many ways an unremarkable prison corridor. But if we stand back for just one moment, it is in actual fact an extraordinarily remarkable corridor because behind every one of those doors we keep a human being. When the import of this simple but overwhelmingly powerful thought strikes us, it is worth repeating: behind every one of those doors we keep another human being. This is…
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