The Imprisonment of Women and Girls in the North of Ireland: A 'Continuum of Violence'

Linda Moore; Phil Scraton

The Imprisonment of Women and Girls in the North of Ireland: A 'Continuum of Violence'

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Abstract

This chapter is based on primary research conducted by Dr Linda Moore and Professor into the incarceration of women and girls in the north of Ireland. The chapter is based on primary research conducted in Mourne House women's unit in Maghaberry Prison and includes case studies of the deaths of two women in custody. The chapter makes an argument for an independent, public inquiry into the situation that existed in Mourne House.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Violence of Incarceration
Editors	Phil Scraton, Jude McCulloch
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	124 -144
ISBN (Print)	978-0-415-49925-5
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 2009

Keywords

women
imprisonment
prisons
Northern Ireland
strip searching
prison deaths

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The Imprisonment of Women and Girls in the North of Ireland: A 'Continuum of Violence'

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