Lou Nyx is a British writer and former film and music-video production professional whose career began during the creative explosion of the 1980s. After a conviction for embezzlement, she served a year in two very different British women's prisons: Bronzefield and East Sutton Park. Crime Doesn't Pay is her funny, candid and compassionate account of prison life, the extraordinary women she met, and the absurdities nobody warns you about. Writing with honesty, humour and a sharp eye for the ridiculous, Lou offers a rare view of life inside both closed and open prison.