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

• Pubblicazione: Ottawa : , : University of Ottawa Press, , [2018]; 2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (128 p.)
• Soggetto topico: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology
• Soggetto non controllato: Canada; carceral; criminal justice; detainee; detention; imprisonment; incarceration; jail; penal; penitentiary; prison ethnography; prison writing; prison; prisoner ethnography; prisoner; punishment
• Persona (resp. second.): PichéJustin; WalbyKevin
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, V27 #1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996565567003316
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