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| Vicky Pryce: Most women jailed due to the men in their life | Vicky Pryce: Most women jailed due to the men in their life |
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| Most women in Holloway prison are there because of something the men in their life have done, recently jailed Vicky Pryce has told the BBC. | |
| The former wife of ex-minister Chris Huhne was sentenced to eight months for perverting the course of justice after taking speeding points for him. | The former wife of ex-minister Chris Huhne was sentenced to eight months for perverting the course of justice after taking speeding points for him. |
| "I did something, I paid the price," she told Radio 4's Today programme. | "I did something, I paid the price," she told Radio 4's Today programme. |
| The economist - who had claimed her husband coerced her - has written a book about the economics of prison. | The economist - who had claimed her husband coerced her - has written a book about the economics of prison. |
| Her royalties from the book will go to the charity Working Chance, which helps offenders. | Her royalties from the book will go to the charity Working Chance, which helps offenders. |
| Pryce, who was recently stripped of her Companion of the Order of the Bath, served two months in the north London prison earlier this year. | |
| Huhne, the former energy secretary, was also jailed for the same offence. | Huhne, the former energy secretary, was also jailed for the same offence. |
| He left Pryce in 2010 as his affair with PR adviser Carina Trimingham was about to be exposed. | He left Pryce in 2010 as his affair with PR adviser Carina Trimingham was about to be exposed. |
| During the former couple's trial, the court heard Pryce had revealed the speeding points scandal to newspapers in 2011 to seek revenge. | During the former couple's trial, the court heard Pryce had revealed the speeding points scandal to newspapers in 2011 to seek revenge. |
| Asked whether she agreed with Chris Huhne's assessment that they had fallen victim to the Murdoch press, she said: "I don't begrudge anyone in terms of what's happened - or any of the journalists frankly - in my view one has to just look forward. | Asked whether she agreed with Chris Huhne's assessment that they had fallen victim to the Murdoch press, she said: "I don't begrudge anyone in terms of what's happened - or any of the journalists frankly - in my view one has to just look forward. |
| "I did something, I paid the price of it and that is it." | "I did something, I paid the price of it and that is it." |
| 'Learn from it' | 'Learn from it' |
| On the prospect of going to prison, Ms Pryce said she knew it was "something I simply had to survive and perhaps learn from it obviously, and see what goes on". | On the prospect of going to prison, Ms Pryce said she knew it was "something I simply had to survive and perhaps learn from it obviously, and see what goes on". |
| The worst aspect of prison life was "losing my liberty, but mostly worrying about my children - that they would be worried about me and how do I react to ensure that they feel that 'actually I'm ok'. | The worst aspect of prison life was "losing my liberty, but mostly worrying about my children - that they would be worried about me and how do I react to ensure that they feel that 'actually I'm ok'. |
| "And of course that meant that I also had to stay strong." | "And of course that meant that I also had to stay strong." |
| On the claim in her book that many women in Holloway were there mostly because of something their husbands, brothers and fathers had done, she said: "Clearly they knew what they were doing but it didn't mean that they necessarily wanted to do what they did. | On the claim in her book that many women in Holloway were there mostly because of something their husbands, brothers and fathers had done, she said: "Clearly they knew what they were doing but it didn't mean that they necessarily wanted to do what they did. |
| "Vulnerable women who often have lost their self esteem - they could be prostitutes, they could be people who are stealing to feed their, but also their other-half's, drug habits. | "Vulnerable women who often have lost their self esteem - they could be prostitutes, they could be people who are stealing to feed their, but also their other-half's, drug habits. |
| "More than 50% of women who enter jail have been physically, sexually, or emotionally abused. And those are statistics quoted by everybody. | "More than 50% of women who enter jail have been physically, sexually, or emotionally abused. And those are statistics quoted by everybody. |
| "Of course you are [responsible for your actions] and they were. The thing to remember is that they were very vulnerable at the time they were doing it and they remain vulnerable. | "Of course you are [responsible for your actions] and they were. The thing to remember is that they were very vulnerable at the time they were doing it and they remain vulnerable. |
| "The interesting thing is that jail doesn't do anything to take that away from them and they leave prison after a while, go back into society and they find themselves in exactly the same position and they re-offend." | "The interesting thing is that jail doesn't do anything to take that away from them and they leave prison after a while, go back into society and they find themselves in exactly the same position and they re-offend." |
| She said there had been surprises, such as Holloway's reception area which meant she hadn't felt "threatened" by entering it. "It felt that somebody worried about you," she said. | She said there had been surprises, such as Holloway's reception area which meant she hadn't felt "threatened" by entering it. "It felt that somebody worried about you," she said. |
| On how well the prison system was coping, she said: "There's been a huge increase in the numbers of prisoners, although crime is going down. | On how well the prison system was coping, she said: "There's been a huge increase in the numbers of prisoners, although crime is going down. |
| "The causality doesn't work that way. The causality works in a way that says in fact crime has been reducing because of things to do with technology - making it difficult to break into houses, difficult to break into cars - and all that sort of stuff, and yet the numbers have been going up very, very significantly. | "The causality doesn't work that way. The causality works in a way that says in fact crime has been reducing because of things to do with technology - making it difficult to break into houses, difficult to break into cars - and all that sort of stuff, and yet the numbers have been going up very, very significantly. |
| "Women in particular, the numbers have gone up by 27% between 2000 and 2010, while crime has been coming down. | "Women in particular, the numbers have gone up by 27% between 2000 and 2010, while crime has been coming down. |
| "It makes no sense at all. The costs are enormous. There are so many cheaper ways to deal with this whole issue, which is what the Prisonomics book is all about." | "It makes no sense at all. The costs are enormous. There are so many cheaper ways to deal with this whole issue, which is what the Prisonomics book is all about." |