“I’m in a Federal Prison, and I’ve Never Felt More Free”

Abstract Gresham Sykes famously identified five key deprivations of imprisonment, understood as characteristic of prison life. Recent work has extended this analysis to the distinctive pains endured by female prisoners, although little consideration has been given to the question of how incarcerated women relate to prison vis-à-vis their past traumatic experiences. This chapter foregrounds the experiences of Indigenous women serving sentences …