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sanewberg's review
5.0
Incredibly eye opening and difficult to read but so so important and impactful.
mrsnagappala's review
4.0
The Voices of Witness series is invaluable in its representation of voices rarely, if ever, heard. Inside This Place, Not Of It is no exception. The narratives were each heartbreaking, upsetting, maddening, and horrifying. Every single woman profiled has experienced abuse inside the prison system, by officers and other authority figures, and outside, by husbands or boyfriends or parents or other trusted individuals. Every story provokes empathy, which the corrections system desperately needs. Although many of the women made poor choices that led to her incarceration, not all of them did; sometimes it was enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people.
The only reason I didn't give this 5 stars is because I was actually left wanting more. It's a short book, 214 pages without the appendices, and I thought many more stories could have been told. I'm sure there's a reason I'm unaware of, but I was sort of startled by the abrupt ending.
The only reason I didn't give this 5 stars is because I was actually left wanting more. It's a short book, 214 pages without the appendices, and I thought many more stories could have been told. I'm sure there's a reason I'm unaware of, but I was sort of startled by the abrupt ending.
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