Mary Steinhauser is the only peace officer in the hiStory of penal institutions in Canada to willingly offer up her life in the service of her country.
Searchingly honest, it examines how Canadian institutions closed down to protect themselves, and the consequences of justice for those left on the outside.....
Sprinkled throughout with personal anecdotes and quotes from important people in Mary\'s life, Between Blade and Bullet is a compelling, deeply emotional, and thought-provoking look into the life and death of one heroic woman.
Her work as a psychiatric nurse in hospitals and institutions across Canada led to her introduction to prison life, which sparked her fierce determination to improve the inmate experience, prisoner justice, and prison reform.
Mary\'s experiences are fascinating reading for any adult interested in local history, law enforcement, mental health awareness, and criminal justice.
From Mary\'s early childhood in rural B.
C., it charts the evolution of a young nurse from social worker to symbol for those dedicated to prison reform.
This biography of Mary\'s life and tragic death is narrated by Margaret, her younger sister.
This is her story.
She was killed there.
Her calmness, composure and bravery throughout the entire hostage-taking was noted by the negotiators and penitentiary staff alike.
For 41 hours, she was held as a human shield, protecting not only the inmates but the fourteen other hostages sequestered in a nearby vault. that Mary volunteered to be the principal hostage.
It was during a 1975 prison escape attempt and 41-hour hostage-taking by three desperate inmates of the British Columbia Penitentiary in New Westminster, B.
C.
Mary Steinhauser is the only peace officer in the hiStory of penal institutions in Canada to willingly offer up her life in the service of her country
