Visiting two supermaximum security prisons in Indiana, the Human Rights Watch examined inhumane treatment prisoners receive. The prisoners in those facilities spend an average of 23 hours a day in a small, often windowless cells, facing years of extreme social isolation, enforced idleness, and limited recreational or educational opportunities. The Human Rights Watch pays special attention to the treatment of those with pre-existing mental illnesses.
Category: The Prison System
Critical analysis of American prison system and a case against the reliance on prisons as the main answer to the nation’s crime problem.
This collection of essays explores interconnections between violence, political oppression, and U.S. foreign and domestic politics in the contemporary era.
A historic analysis of modern prison slave labors? roots in chattel slavery. The book focuses on prison plantations and self-sustaining prisons. Oshinsky analyzes the impact of segregation on ensuring blacks were imprisoned and their labor exploited.
(see also Youth)
This book contains essays from leading scholars and advocates about the far-reaching consequences of mass incarceration, exploring the impact of ?tough on crime? policies on prisoners, ex-felons, families and communities.