Publisher's Synopsis
A deeply nuanced look at the criminal justice system in America and the unequal treatment of women offenders within it. Justine Morgan had made some bad decisions in her young life but by far the worst of those was to fall in love with a charming man who would ultimately lead her into a world of trouble and crime. A law student at university, Justine was heading toward her desired goal of becoming a lawyer when Carl sat down beside her one day in her statistics class. Love and naiveté allowed Justine to meekly surrender her dreams, drop out, and blindly follow Carl wherever he commanded. When Carl and an accomplice pull off an armed robbery, she finds herself unwittingly driving the getaway car. Tried as an accomplice to armed robbery, Justine quickly finds herself incarcerated in federal prison for five years. Bewildered and lost, how is a middle-class, privileged white girl going to survive in the harsh environment of the U.S. Federal prison system?
