Soledad Women explores how wives of prisoners are affected by the incarceration of their husbands. A feminist framework is used to examine the intersection of gender roles, class, and race.
Prologue: I Leave in the Dark of Morning
Introduction
Why Study Wives of Prisoners?
Families and Incarceration
Data
Living with Secrets
Relationship Realities
Family Finances
Visiting at the Prison
Dealing with the System
The Role of the Family
Conclusion
Prison Policy and Recommendations
Wives as Caretakers: There's More to It than That
Appendix A: Questionnaire
Appendix B: Follow-up Survey Summary
Appendix C: The Author on Her Research Experience
References
LORI B. GIRSHICK is on the faculty of Warren Wilson College, where she teaches sociology and women's studies courses. She has experience in the domestic violence field and has worked in an agency providing services to people with HIV. Dr. Girshick's work has appeared in The Prison Journal, Reproductive Health Resources, Violence Update, Policy Studies Journal, and Policy Issues for the Elderly Poor.
"Dr. Girshick's work underscores the potential of prisoners' wives
as stabilizing forces and necessary to any rehabilitation or
anti-recidivism goals. This study...suggests that the justice
system begin to view the wives/spouses/partners of offenders as
valuable resources and allies in the fight against crime."- Ann
Adalist-Estrin Child/Family Therapist Director, Parent Resource
Association
"This is a valuable addition to the material available on families
of prisoners. Lori Girshick has allowed the voices of these women
to be clearly heard and has given us new insight into their
lives."- Jim Mustin, Founder and President, Family and Corrections
Network
"Wives of prisoners are often an afterthought in terms of criminal
justice policy and practice. They have been rarely studied, and
most of the literature on this population has further pathologized
and stigmatized prisoners' wives. Dr. Girshick's insightful study
sheds new light on this phenomenon and gives the prisoner's wife a
human face. This examination of the impact of incarceration on
women who are married to prisoners is critical to effecting changes
in correctional policies and practices which often "punish" the
wives (and children) for crimes they did not commit."-Barbara E.
Bloom Bloom & Associates
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