Ladies in waiting: Behind prison walls

By Kenneth M. Dimick

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0915202174
• ISBN13: 9780915202171
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Accelerated Development Inc
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

My mind's downtown!

Ken Dimick was the advisor for my doctoral studies at Ball State University while he was working on Ladies in Waiting. He was a good friend and a creative, wise mentor. I recall one of his clients saying, 'Working with Ken was like putting my foot on the floor to stop the bed from spinning when I used to drink too much. He helped me stop the chaos.' Ken and a faculty partner contracted to provide counseling services to the residents of Indiana's main prison for women, and that experience was the ore from which this book was smelted. It's a compassionate collage of snapshots and incidents that provide penetrating insight into the human constellation of a correctional institution. There are vignettes here that have taken root in my heart and wing in my mind, and have borne wisdom and compassion over several decades. One line: 'They can keep my body here, but my mind's downtown.' Read the book for context and the exact quote; it's soul-food indeed.