The names of those women

These are 17 insightful portraits of prisoners and prison workers, seen through the eyes of a young Ukrainian woman who spent almost a year behind bars in Poland.

These are stories that women confide in each other in the silence of the cell, when the lights go out. Stories about the true face of prisoners' lives - without embellishment and stereotypes. About what brings people behind bars, and what roles they choose to survive: leaders, victims or aggressors.

The book contains chilling confessions about murders, light-hearted jokes about the little things that cost freedom, personal tragedies, as well as warm and funny moments that are more reminiscent of episodes from a comedy than scenes from prison life.