(un)Comfortably Numb: A Prison Requiem

by Maureen Maguire

Told in documentary form, this is the story of the tragedy of Yvonne Gilmour's death in Cornton Vale prison. Yvonne was one of eight inmates to take their own lives in a short period of time at the prison and her story is representative of many women in prison today. There has been a steady increase in women prisoners since 1991, most of these women are not criminals (only 1% are convicted for violent crimes) and two-thirds are between the ages of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184282001X
• ISBN13: 9781842820018
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Luath Press Limited
• Length: 256 Pages