«Chamberlen's book is an important and compelling scholarly intervention which evocatively captures the embodied pains of imprisonment in a way which envelops both new theoretical ideas from outside criminology and rigorous empirical research.»

Dr Coretta Philips, Associate Professor, Mannheim Centre for the Study of Criminology and Criminal J

«In this original and engaging book, Chamberlen reinvigorates theoretical accounts of the prison. Explicitly feminist in its approach, it asks new and exciting questions about women's experiences of incarceration, combining qualitative interviews with complex theoretical concepts. In its emphasis on embodiment it offers new insights about familiar issues of agency, resistance and the pains of imprisonment. The result is an emotionally moving and intellectually inspiring intervention into the field of prison studies that will be of interest to a wide range of readers.»

Professor Mary Bosworth, Director of the Centre for Criminology, Oxford University