Clare Whitfield

Nov 7, 2024 | crimereads.com | Clare Whitfield

On March 26, 1925, during a Commons session, Mr. Cecil Wilson raised an eyebrow-raising question: why were so many women in prison repeat offenders? In fact, 2,886 women had been convicted more than twenty times that year. What is more, many of these habitual criminals were elderly. Harmless while locked up, they became petty thieves or hawkers the moment they were freed, their lives a revolving door of incarceration.

Nov 7, 2024 | l8r.it | Clare Whitfield |Katie Bishop |Hannah Hendy |Stephen Spotswood

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