Art behind bars: women's experiences of prison

'Girls Behind Bars (Dollshouse)' by artist and former prisoner Eve McDougall. "This work is a miniaturisation of an imagination, quite hallucinated, of how I saw myself in that prison with those other young children who ranged from 13 to 15 at the time." Photograph: Eve McDougall

'OMG!', anonymous. The artist says: "I wanted to portray the emotional impact of being in custody can have on someone, the impact it had on me! Think this expression sums it up perfectly." Photograph: Anonymous

'Dawn Breaking', by Sarah Wilson. "This painting is an abstract expression of my thoughts and feelings in prison. It represents the endless days I spent gazing through bars and praying for freedom. It is a positive painting, as it was painted after I left prison to show visually how it felt to finally attain freedom. It was like dawn breaking and I haven't looked back since. I'm now in DBT therapy so that my mental health doesn't lead me down that path again." Photograph: Sarah Wilson

This ceramic piece, 'Cell', is a recreation of the adult prison cell Eve McDougall was detained in as a 15-year-old, after breaking a window. Photograph: Eve McDougall

Teresa Hoskins at UCL was closely involved with an art project run by the British Museum and Pharmacopoeia at Holloway prison in 2009. Teresa took part in workshops with women prisoners and produced this bag. Photograph: Pharmacopeia

Anonymous piece of writing by a current prisoner at Holloway prison which holds women offenders. Photograph: Anonymous

'Portrait of a woman prisoner' by artist and ex-offender Lucy Edkins. Photograph: Lucy Edkins

Another view of Eve McDougall's 'Girls Behind Bars (Dollshouse)'. Photograph: Eve McDougall

'Dose, pill and object narratives'. An installation by artists Pharmacopoeia, created in collaboration with women prisoners at HMP Holloway. It is being shown as part of Together gallery's Girls Behind Bars exhibition. Photograph: Pharmacopeia