02405nam 2200601 450 991081726280332120230807215323.00-19-021105-9(CKB)3710000000401957(EBL)2033571(OCoLC)907924392(SSID)ssj0001481642(PQKBManifestationID)12626760(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001481642(PQKBWorkID)11502381(PQKB)10639501(MiAaPQ)EBC2033571(Au-PeEL)EBL2033571(CaPaEBR)ebr11045918(CaONFJC)MIL772250(EXLCZ)99371000000040195720150429h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA country called prison mass incarceration and the making of a new nation /Mary D. Looman, John D. CarlNew York, New York :Oxford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (265 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-021104-0 0-19-021103-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.The United States is the world leader in incarcerating citizens. 707 people out of every 100,000 are imprisoned. If those currently incarcerated in the US prison system were a country, it would be the 102nd most populated nation in the world. Aside from looking at the numbers, if we could look at prison from a new viewpoint, as its own country rather than an institution made up of walls and wires, policies and procedures, and legal statutes, what might we be able to learn? In A Country Called Prison, Mary Looman and John Carl propose a paradigm shift in the way that American society views massImprisonmentUnited StatesHistoryPrisonsUnited StatesHistoryPrisonersUnited StatesHistoryImprisonmentHistory.PrisonsHistory.PrisonersHistory.365/.973SOC025000bisacshLooman Mary D.1671632Carl John D.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817262803321A country called prison4034338UNINA