Jailbirds: Lessons from a Women's Prison

Jailbirds is a memoir by Mim Skinner, a prison teacher who met all types of criminals and taught them. The book is full of eye-opening stories of those without a voice, revealing the human side of Britain's most controversial institution. It is shocking, poignant, and darkly funny, and was named the Stylist Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2020.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 30 May 2019
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Step inside one of Britain s most notorious prisons and meet the remarkable women who work there. In this compelling, inspirational memoir, Mim Skinner takes you behind the bars, from drugs and violence to pregnancy and heartbreak. Her classroom saw it all, and with high drama but also candid humor, Jailbirds is full of eye-opening stories of those without a voice, revealing the human side of our country's most controversial institution.

Shocking, poignant, and darkly funny, Woman & Home is full of nitty-gritty details of life inside. The Guardian calls it "humbling, hopeful, and wryly hilarious," while The Herald praises it as "very real and powerful." Kate Paradine, CEO of Women in Prison, calls it "a humane, sometimes humorous, and always perceptive account of prison life." Ken Loach calls it "very funny and important," and Pandora Sykes, co-host of The High Low Show, says it's "AS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST: A STYLIST NON-FICTION BOOK OF YEAR 2020."

Mim Skinner was a prison teacher who met every type of criminal during her time in the job. However, her job was not to judge them but to teach them. In this compelling, inspirational memoir, Mim takes you behind the bars, from drugs and violence to pregnancy and heartbreak. Her classroom saw it all, and with high drama but also candid humor, Jailbirds is full of eye-opening stories of those without a voice, revealing the human side of our country's most controversial institution.

Shocking, poignant, and darkly funny, Woman & Home is full of nitty-gritty details of life inside. The Guardian calls it "humbling, hopeful, and wryly hilarious," while The Herald praises it as "very real and powerful." Kate Paradine, CEO of Women in Prison, calls it "a humane, sometimes humorous, and always perceptive account of prison life." Ken Loach calls it "very funny and important," and Pandora Sykes, co-host of The High Low Show, says it's "AS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST: A STYLIST NON-FICTION BOOK OF YEAR 2020."

Mim Skinner was a prison teacher who met every type of criminal during her time in the job. However, her job was not to judge them but to teach them. In this compelling, inspirational memoir, Mim takes you behind the bars, from drugs and violence to pregnancy and heartbreak. Her classroom saw it all, and with high drama but also candid humor, Jailbirds is full of eye-opening stories of those without a voice, revealing the human side of our country's most controversial institution.

Shocking, poignant, and darkly funny, Woman & Home is full of nitty-gritty details of life inside. The Guardian calls it "humbling, hopeful, and wryly hilarious," while The Herald praises it as "very real and powerful." Kate Paradine, CEO of Women in Prison, calls it "a humane, sometimes humorous, and always perceptive account of prison life." Ken Loach calls it "very funny and important," and Pandora Sykes, co-host of The High Low Show, says it's "AS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST: A STYLIST NON-FICTION BOOK OF YEAR 2020."

Weight: 420g
Dimension: 217 x 137 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781841883328