Title: The rasherhouse
First published: 1997
Description: An Irish novel dealing with the manner in which prisons can turn minor offenders into hardened criminals. Jailed for stealing, Mags, a 17-year-old single mother describes her introduction to drugs, sex and crime at a level she would never have experienced on the outside. A debut in fiction.
Subjects: Fiction, Mountjoy Prison, Women prisoners, Ireland, fiction, Dublin (ireland), fiction, Fiction, general
Places: Dublin (Ireland)
LC classification: PR6068.O136 R37 1997