| Description |
ix, 313 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-298) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Why Prison Witness Matters -- The Prison as Idea and Practice -- Defeating Retribution, Fighting Accountability, Manufacturing 'Monsters' -- Defeating Rehabilitation, Prison Resistance, and Transformation -- Containment and Incapacitation's Collateral Effects -- Defeating Deterrence: Debilitation, Abuse, and Diminished Futures -- Conclusion: Charting the Path Forward. |
| Summary |
"In Inside Knowledge incarcerated people step forth as the primary witnesses and documentarians of the American prison's historical and ongoing defeat of the four cardinal rationales for the legal caging of human beings: rehabilitations, deterrence, containment, and retribution"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Prisons -- United States.
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Prisoners -- United States.
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Imprisonment -- United States.
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Corrections -- United States.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Corrections (OCoLC)fst00880260
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Criminal justice, Administration of (OCoLC)fst00883246
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Imprisonment (OCoLC)fst00968277
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Prisoners (OCoLC)fst01077103
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Prisons (OCoLC)fst01077326
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United States (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Title |
Incarcerated people on the failures of the American prison |
| ISBN |
9781479818006 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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1479818003 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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9781479818051 (paperback ; alk. paper) |
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1479818054 (paperback ; alk. paper) |
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