05950oam 22006974a 450 991048084590332120211105151047.01-4798-4378-410.18574/9781479843787(CKB)4100000004816882(DE-B1597)547485(DE-B1597)9781479843787(OCoLC)1030892872(MdBmJHUP)muse83464(MiAaPQ)EBC5092043(Au-PeEL)EBL5092043(CaPaEBR)ebr11540496(EXLCZ)99410000000481688220170807h20182018 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerica's JailsThe Search for Human Dignity in an Age of Mass Incarceration /Derek S. JeffreysNew York :New York University Press,[2018]Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2021©[2018]1 online resourceAlternative criminology1-4798-3862-4 Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-218) and index.Front matter --Contents --Introduction --1. Degradation and Disorientation --2. What Is the Purpose of a Jail? --3. A Matter of Dignity --4. Why Do We Stigmatize Inmates? --5. What Can We Do? --Conclusion --Acknowledgments --Notes --Bibliography --Index --About the AuthorA look at the contemporary crisis in U.S. jails with recommendations for improving and protecting the dignity of inmates Twelve million Americans go through the U.S. jail system on an annual basis. Jails, which differ significantly from prisons, are designed to house inmates for short amounts of time, and are often occupied by large populations of legally innocent people waiting for a trial. Jails often have deplorable sanitary conditions, and there are countless records of inmates being brutalized by staff and other inmates while in custody. Local municipalities use jails to institutionalize those whom they perceive to be a threat, so hundreds of thousands of inmates suffer from mental illness. People abandoned by families or lacking health insurance, or those who cannot afford bail, often cycle in and out of jails. In America’s Jails, Derek Jeffreys draws on sociology, philosophy, history, and his personal experience volunteering in jails and prisons to provide an understanding of the jail experience from the inmates’ perspective, focusing on the stigma that surrounds incarceration. Using his research at Cook County Jail, the nation’s largest single-site jail, Jeffreys attests that jail inmates possess an inherent dignity that should govern how we treat them. Ultimately, fundamental changes in the U.S. jail system are necessary and America’s Jails provides specific policy recommendations for changing its poor conditions. Highlighting the experiences of inmates themselves, America’s Jails aims to shift public perception and understanding of jail inmates to center their inherent dignity and help eliminate the stigma attached to their incarceration. A look at the contemporary crisis in U.S. jails with recommendations for improving and protecting the dignity of inmates Twelve million Americans go through the U.S. jail system on an annual basis. Jails, which differ significantly from prisons, are designed to house inmates for short amounts of time, and are often occupied by large populations of legally innocent people waiting for a trial. Jails often have deplorable sanitary conditions, and there are countless records of inmates being brutalized by staff and other inmates while in custody. Local municipalities use jails to institutionalize those whom they perceive to be a threat, so hundreds of thousands of inmates suffer from mental illness. People abandoned by families or lacking health insurance, or those who cannot afford bail, often cycle in and out of jails. In America’s Jails, Derek Jeffreys draws on sociology, philosophy, history, and his personal experience volunteering in jails and prisons to provide an understanding of the jail experience from the inmates’ perspective, focusing on the stigma that surrounds incarceration. Using his research at Cook County Jail, the nation’s largest single-site jail, Jeffreys attests that jail inmates possess an inherent dignity that should govern how we treat them. Ultimately, fundamental changes in the U.S. jail system are necessary and America’s Jails provides specific policy recommendations for changing its poor conditions. Highlighting the experiences of inmates themselves, America’s Jails aims to shift public perception and understanding of jail inmates to center their inherent dignity and help eliminate the stigma attached to their incarceration.Alternative criminology series.Discrimination in criminal justice administrationUnited StatesImprisonmentMoral and ethical aspectsUnited StatesStigma (Social psychology)United StatesPrisonersMental healthUnited StatesPrisonersUnited StatesSocial conditionsPrisonersAbuse ofUnited StatesDignityJailsUnited StatesElectronic books.Prison reformDiscrimination in criminal justice administrationImprisonmentMoral and ethical aspectsStigma (Social psychology)PrisonersMental healthPrisonersSocial conditions.PrisonersAbuse ofDignity.Jails365/.34Jeffreys Derek S.1964-853564MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910480845903321America's Jails1905864UNINA