How Long to Read Challenging Confinement

How Long Does it Take to Read Challenging Confinement?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 4 minutes to read Challenging Confinement by Bonnie L. Ernst

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Examines how the feminist movements in the late twentieth century ignited prison protests, activism, and reform in women’s prisons While the late twentieth century brought about greater rights for women, it also saw a rapid increase in the number of female prisoners. Before their confinement, many incarcerated women had gained access to work and higher education. But once behind bars, they found the only programs available for them perpetuated misogynistic norms. Challenging Confinement is about how incarcerated women incorporated strategies from feminist movements into their activism behind bars. Facing long sentences, overcrowded prisons, and a lack of rehabilitation programs, incarcerated women protested, organized, and filed lawsuits to advocate for gender and racial equality in prison. Drawing on prison grievance reports, oral histories, state archives, and private collections, Bonnie L. Ernst tells the story of how women's movements, beginning in the 1920s and ending in the era of mass incarceration, infused prison activism in Michigan with new energy. Female prisoners and attorneys successfully persuaded the federal court to force state prisons to offer more programming and access to legal services. Mass incarceration swallowed up many of those efforts, but this history demonstrates how core principles of women’s movements encouraged incarcerated women to form coalitions and challenge their jailers. By bringing together histories of race, gender, and punishment, Challenging Confinement reveals how incarcerated women worked together to resist, in an era of mass imprisonment.

How long is Challenging Confinement?

Challenging Confinement by Bonnie L. Ernst is 123 pages long, and a total of 31,119 words.

This makes it 42% the length of the average book. It also has 38% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Challenging Confinement Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 50 minutes to read Challenging Confinement aloud.

What Reading Level is Challenging Confinement?

Challenging Confinement is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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