Framed. Imprisoned. Pregnant. Jenna thought she had the perfect
life: a loving fiance, a great job, a beautiful home. Then she
finds her stepdaughter murdered; her partner missing. And the
police think she did it... Locked up to await trial, surrounded by
prisoners who'd hurt her if they knew what she's accused of,
certain someone close to her has framed her, Jenna knows what she
needs to do: Clear her name Save her baby Find the killer But can
she do it in time? Praise for Angela Clarke 'Pacey, fiercely
feminist, compulsively readable' The Pool 'Written in the sharpest
style...Clarke is certainly someone to watch' Daily Mail 'Crime
writing with attitude' Mark Edwards, author of The Retreat
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Fri, 17 May 2019 | Review
by: Breakaway R.
Framed………in prison……….pregnant.
Jennifer Burns is charged with the murder of her fourteen-year-old stepdaughter and sent to HMP Fallenbrook to await her trial. Her stepdaughter is dead, her fiancé is missing, and all the evidence points to her. Jenna swears that she is innocent, but nobody is listening because all the prisoners claim innocence. She now has to adapt to the fragile ecosystem of prison life, cut off from everything and everyone she knows. It is like stepping back in time, no mobile, no Internet, no privileges, no privacy, male guards in a female prison, locked up for 23 out of 24 hours – the tiny, cold room is now her home. And then she finds out that she is pregnant.
The book vividly explores the issues expectant and new mothers face in prisons and shows how all the movies made about prisons are nothing like reality. There are many misconceptions as to the type of people who are in jail, the types of crimes they have committed and exactly what the prisons are like. In reality, eighty-four percent of women are in prison for non-violent offences. There are fewer staff looking after more prisoners in jails that are poorly maintained in ageing buildings. The officers are human, half of them barely out of school, and most of them not staying for long. If you are in prison you are dead to those on the outside, they are embarrassed by you because you have tainted everyone's lives. The treatment of the prisoners by the prison authorities is deplorable, and the treatment of expectant and new mothers is inhumane – how can you take a baby from a mother and offer her no counselling, no support?
The book is gripping and has a shocking ending that I definitely did not expect. It shows prison life in its naked, visceral state, and I do NOT ever want to end up there! This book is about the prison system in England, but I think the conditions are the same in most other countries and worse in many others. Governments should all review their policies about prisons, the treatment of inmates and especially the provision of facilities for mothers and pregnant women.
Saphira
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