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Title Prisons / Lauri S. Friedman, book editor.

Publication Info. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, [2008]
©2008

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  365.973 P959PG    Check Shelf
Description 143 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
Series Introducing issues with opposing viewpoints
Introducing issues with opposing viewpoints.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-134) and index.
Contents Do prisons help society? -- Prisons are beneficial to society / David Muhlhausen -- Prisons are not beneficial to society / Jeffrey Ian Ross -- Prisons keep criminals off the streets / Robert Whelan -- Prisons are filled with people who don't belong there / Jamie Fellner -- Faith-based prisons are beneficial to society / Byron R. Johnson -- Faith-based prisons should be illegal / Rob Boston -- How should inmates be treated? -- Prisons should use inmate labor / Rob Atkinson and Knut A. Rostad -- Prisons should not use inmate labor / Kathy Kelly -- Prisoner health care is inadequate / James Sterngold -- Prisoner health care is too generous / Michael Crowley -- What role should prisons play in the war on terror? -- The military prison at Guantanamo Bay should be closed / Bill Press -- The military prison at Guantanamo Bay should stay open / Michelle Malkin -- The use of international prisons helps fight terrorism / Condoleezza Rice -- The use of international prisons is illegal / Jennifer Van Bergen -- The U.S. tortures its political prisoners / Eliza Griswold -- The U.S. does not torture its political prisoners / Byron York.
Summary Presents a collection of essays that debate a variety of issues on the subject of prisons.
Subject Prisons -- United States.
Prisoners -- United States.
Imprisonment -- United States.
Prisoners of war -- United States.
Prisons.
Prisoners.
Imprisonment.
Added Author Scherer, Lauri S.
ISBN 9780737735789 hardcover
0737735783 hardcover
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