America’s Jails: The Search for Human Dignity in an Age of Mass Incarceration 1479838624, 978-1479838622

A look at the contemporary crisis in U.S. jails with recommendations for improving and protecting the dignity of inmates

584 82 750KB

English Pages 256 Year 2018

A look at the contemporary crisis in U.S. jails with recommendations for improving and protecting the dignity of inmates

166 43 2MB Read more

Lauren-Brooke Eisen blends investigative reportage and quantitative and historical research to analyze privatized correc

219 41 868KB Read more

Over the years, American colleges and universities have made various efforts to provide prisoners with access to educati

148 43 1013KB Read more

"When the tough-on-crime politics of the 1980s overcrowded state prisons, private companies saw potential profit in

513 93 1MB Read more

Why do the UK and US disproportionately incarcerate the mentally ill, frequently poor people of color? Via multiple re-f

194 117 14MB Read more

Public schools across the nation have turned to the criminal justice system as a gold standard of discipline. As public

200 28 2MB Read more

197 111 942KB Read more

Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social mov

517 69 473KB Read more

In Canada Looks South, experts on foreign policy in Canada and Central America provide a timely exploration of Canada’s

171 33 1MB Read more

435 26 896KB Read more