{"product_id":"2940169974966","title":"Jailbirds: Lessons from a Women's Prison","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarkly funny, heartbreakingly poignant and stark in its revelations about the UK's attitude towards people on the fringes of society and women in general, \u003ci\u003eJailbirds\u003c\/i\u003e is an audiobook you need to listen to.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid you know that 48 per cent of the women in prison have committed an offence in order to support the drug use of someone else? That 46 per cent of women in prison report having attempted suicide once in their lifetime? Or that over half of the women in prison have been victims of more serious crimes than the ones they've been convicted of? But this isn't a book about statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's an audiobook about the individual stories of women caught up in our creaking and under-resourced prison system. Women who commit crimes in order get a roof over their head, who star in prison pantomimes and who deal drugs with Apprentice-style entrepreneurship. It's about those who won their battles with addiction or mental health, and those that didn't. About those who will never come back to prison, and those for whom it's the only safe space they've ever known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeadlines and news reports of prison leave us with a boiled-down narrative of goodies and baddies amp;mdash; violent offenders, neglectful mothers and incurable psychopaths if you read one paper, or cruel officers, the evil establishment and sexist judges if you read another. But, very rarely, just humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I started working in prisons, part of me expected to find this pantomime cast of characters. Instead I met wonderful, funny, brave and resilient people with complicated stories amp;mdash; on both sides of the bars. Come inside with me and meet them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Octopus Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161877201136,"sku":"2940169974966","price":26.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169974966_p0.jpg?v=1763789649","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169974966","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}