‘Bang-up and Smash’ is an overview of women’s prisons in the UK and a political analysis of their physical and ideological construction. From the moment of arrest, to coming home, ‘Bang-up and Smash’ critically engages with the procedures, concepts and apparatus the state relies on, and the economics behind the expansion of the prison industrial complex. ‘Bang-up and Smash’ is a practical guide to women’s prisons in the UK, and a rallying call to attack. Solidarity is a weapon, and abolition is not enough…