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Record Nr.

UNISA996565567003316

Titolo

Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, V27 #1 : General Issue / / ed. by Kevin Walby, Justin Piché

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa : , : University of Ottawa Press, , [2018]

2018

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

Journal of Prisoners on Prisons

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION FROM THE ISSUE EDITORS -- ARTICLES -- Growing Old in the Gulag -- An Opiate Addiction Crisis Behind Bars -- Hepatitis C and Me: Treatment and Cure -- Mass(achusetts) Incarceration of the Elderly: Morally Questionable, Costly and Unnecessary for Public Safety -- Observations from Inside on Execution Day -- Rehabilitation and Re-Entry: A Need for a New Vision -- CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE ON CANADA'S FEDERAL PENITENTIARY SYSTEM -- A Little Less Conversation, A Lot More Action -- Inadequate Resources for and Access to Penitentiary Libraries Diminish Access to Justice and Transformation -- On the Erosion of Rehabilitation -- In Between Bouts of Depression and Apathy: Reflections from Riverbend Institution -- Effects of Long-term Incarceration on the Elderly -- RESPONSE -- Aging in Prison: It Only Gets Worse -- PRISONERS' STRUGGLES -- Fighting for Improvements to the Experience and Outcomes of Incarceration -- Resisting Dehumanization -- Middle Street Publishing: Using Technology to Advocate from Inside a Federal Prison -- InterNational Prisoner's Family Conference -- BOOK REVIEW -- Unusually Cruel: Prisons, Punishment, and the Real American Exceptionalism by Marc Morjé Howard Oxford: Oxford University Press (2017), 296 pp. -- COVER ART -- Front Cover: "Untitled" 2016, acrylic paint on paper -- Back Cover: "Untitled" 2016, acrylic paint on paper

Sommario/riassunto

VOLUME 27, NUMBER 1 (2018) is a general issue featuring several articles examining aging, suffering and death behind the walls. This



edition of the journal also features a section dedicated to "Continuing the Dialogue on Canada's Federal Penitentiary System" edited by Jarrod Shook, along with Prisoners' Struggles pieces and a book review.  This book is published in English.