"Nobody's pretending that it's ideal": Conflict, Women and Imprisonment in Northern Ireland

Linda Moore

"Nobody's pretending that it's ideal": Conflict, Women and Imprisonment in Northern Ireland

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Abstract

This article analyses the experience of women in prison in Northern Ireland, within the context of a society emerging from violent conflict. It documents how women's imprisonment has been affected by the long term impact of the Conflict on the penal system in Northern Ireland and concludes that transformative change is necessary to ensure better compliance with human rights standards.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	103-125
Journal	Prison Journal
Volume	91
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - Dec 2010

Keywords

imprisonment
women
human rights

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"Nobody's pretending that it's ideal": Conflict, Women and Imprisonment in Northern Ireland

Abstract

Keywords

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