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Social Science General

Rock-A-Bye Baby

A Death Behind Bars

by (author) Anne Kershaw & Mary Lasovich

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Dec 1991
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780195412680
    Publish Date
    Dec 1991
    List Price
    $26.95

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Description

Marlene committed suicide at the age of thiry-one in the Federal Prison for Women (P4W) in Kingston, Ontario. Many women in this frequently condemned prison have killed themselves, but none of their deaths has struck the same degree of horror into so many hearts. For the many friends andprofessionals who were drawn to Marlene and who tried valiantly to rescue her from the prison system and from herself her death was the final, tragic blow in a lifetime of unconscionable punishment. Marlene Moore lives on today as an eloquent and frightening example of just how badly our social andpenal systems fail. This is the story of Marlene's life and death, superbly told by Kershaw and Lasovich. Their non-sensational approach and their keen insights into the nature of crime and punishment in Canada throw a steady light into the shadowed, tragic world behind the bars of Canada'sprisons. With painstaking honesty they tell the heart-rending tale of one girl's free fall through the gaping holes in our "caring" society.

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