The state of the prisons : 200 years on / / edited by Dick Whitfield for the Howard League

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1991
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
• Disciplina: 365
• Soggetto topico: Prisons; Correctional institutions
• Altri autori: WhitfieldDick <1939->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: THE STATE OF THEPRISONS-200 YEARS ON; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; The contributors; Introduction: Penal Reform and Prison Realities; Chapter 1 Maidstone Prison, England; Chapter 2 The Indian Prison; Chapter 3 The Sluzewiec Prison in Warsaw, Poland: A Penal Labour Centre, or 'Half-Open' Prison; Chapter 4 Helderstroom Prison, South Africa; Chapter 5 Breda Prison, Holland: From Water Cell to Container Cell-The State of the Dutch Prison; Chapter 6 Matagalpa Prison, Nicaragua; Chapter 7 Nyköping Closed Neighbourhood Prison, Sweden ; Chapter 8 Geurrero Centre for Rehabilitation, MexicoChapter 9 Geldern Prison, Federal Republic of Germany; Chapter 10 The Texas Department of Corrections, Usa; John Howard: A Biographical Note; Name index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1777 John Howard wrote The State of the Prisons in England and Wales, with Preliminary Observations and an Account of Some Foreign Prisons. Two centuries later, this extraordinary document commemorates his achievements in campaigning for reform. In the spirit of Howard himself, the Howard League for Penal Reform have compiled detailed observations of prisons from Sweden to South Africa, and from India to Nicaragua. The result is a valuable resource which includes unique insights into previously undocumented prison regimes.
• Titolo autorizzato: The state of the prisons
• ISBN: 1-134-94146-3; 0-203-32175-8; 1-280-32752-9; 1-134-94147-1; 0-203-16018-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784094203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II