Surviving solitary : living and working in restricted housing units / / Danielle S. Rudes, Shannon Magnuson and Angela Hattery

• Autore: Rudes Danielle S (Danielle Sheldon), <1971->
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 365/.644
• Soggetto topico: Prisoners - United States; Solitary confinement
• Soggetto non controllato: carceral residents; correctional staff; interviews; prison reform; prisons; qualitative; reentry; restricted housing units; solitary confinement
• Persona (resp. second.): HatteryAngela; MagnusonShannon
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Glossary -- 1 Living and Working in the RHU -- 2 Risk -- 3 Relationships -- 4 Rules -- 5 Reentry -- 6 Reform -- 7 Reversal and Revision -- Behind the Walls -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Twenty to forty percent of the US prison population will spend time in restricted housing units—or solitary confinement. These separate units within prisons have enhanced security measures, and thousands of staff control and monitor the residents. Though commonly assumed to be punishment for only the most dangerous behaviors, in reality, these units may also be used in response to minor infractions. In Surviving Solitary, Danielle S. Rudes offers an unprecedented look inside RHUs—and a resounding call to more vigorously confront the intentions and realities of these structures. As the narratives unfold we witness the slow and systematic damage the RHUs inflict upon those living and working inside, through increased risk, arbitrary rules, and strained or absent social interactions. Rudes makes the case that we must prioritize improvement over harm. Residents uniformly call for more humane and dignified treatment. Staff yearn for more expansive control. But, as Rudes shows, there also remains fierce resilience among residents and staff and across the communities they forge—and a perpetual hope that they may have a different future.
• Titolo autorizzato: Surviving solitary
• ISBN: 1-5036-3124-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808813603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II