The Marion Experiment : long-term solitary confinement and the supermax movement / / edited by Stephen C. Richards

• Pubblicazione: Carbondale, Illinois : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (621 p.)
• Disciplina: 365/.33
• Soggetto topico: Prisons - Law and legislation - United States; Imprisonment - United States; Solitary confinement - United States
• Classificazione: SOC004000SOC030000
• Persona (resp. second.): RichardsStephen C.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword: The Phenomenon of USP Marion; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One. Convict Experience With Solitary Confinement; 1. The Politicization of the Hole in Indiana and Missouri; 2. The Realities of Special Housing Units in the Federal Bureau of Prisons; 3. Going to the Hole in California: Cauldron of Solitude; 4. The Boy Scout in Solitary at USP Lompoc; 5. Long-Term Solitary Segregation in the United States and Canada; Part Two. The Effects of Solitary Confinement; 6. Theorizing "Marionization" and the Supermax Prison Movement ; 7. Female Prisoners and Solitary Confinement 8. The Scene of the Crime: Children in Solitary Confinement; 9. Colorado Supermax Study: What the Critics Say and the Future Holds; 10. Revisiting the Mental Health Effects of Solitary Confinement on Prisoners in Supermax Units: A Psychological Jurisprudence Perspective; Part Three. International Perspectives on Solitary Confinement; 11. Doing Hard Time in the United Kingdom; 12. Solitary Confinement and Convict Segregation in French Prisons; 13. Israeli Maximum-Security Prisons; Conclusion: Rethinking Prisons in the 21st Century; References ; Contributors Index; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: "The Marion Experiment combines academic research with personal accounts by prisoners to investigate solitary confinement and supermax prisons. USP Marion became a model for supermax prisons, with many other prison systems--in the U.S. and abroad--copying the special architectural and program innovations there"--
• Titolo autorizzato: The Marion Experiment
• ISBN: 0-8093-3377-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788149503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Elmer H. Johnson and Carol Holmes Johnson series in criminology.