Prisoners in Pennsylvania
Author : Pennsylvania. Bureau of Correction
Publisher :
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 29,27 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Prisons
ISBN :
Author : Pennsylvania. Bureau of Correction
Publisher :
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 29,27 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Prisons
ISBN :
Author : Pennsylvania. Bureau of Criminal Justice Statistics
Publisher :
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 40,34 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Prisoners
ISBN :
Author : Albert Hiatt Votaw
Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 10,39 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Pennsylvania
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Author : Pennsylvania. Penal Commission
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 25,72 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Convict labor
ISBN :
Author : Ashley T. Rubin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 16,98 MB
Release : 2021-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1108484948
A compelling examination of the highly criticized use of long-term solitary confinement in Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary during the nineteenth century.
Author : Pennsylvania. Bureau of Correction
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 19,60 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Prisons
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Author : Pennsylvania Prison Society
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 19,69 MB
Release : 1867
Category : Prisons
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 13,85 MB
Release : 1846
Category : Charities
ISBN :
Author : John C. McWilliams
Publisher : Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 35,96 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : Jean Casella
Publisher : New Press, The
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,99 MB
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1620971380
“An unforgettable look at the peculiar horrors and humiliations involved in solitary confinement” from the prisoners who have survived it (New York Review of Books). On any given day, the United States holds more than eighty-thousand people in solitary confinement, a punishment that—beyond fifteen days—has been denounced as a form of cruel and degrading treatment by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. Now, in a book that will add a startling new dimension to the debates around human rights and prison reform, former and current prisoners describe the devastating effects of isolation on their minds and bodies, the solidarity expressed between individuals who live side by side for years without ever meeting one another face to face, the ever-present specters of madness and suicide, and the struggle to maintain hope and humanity. As Chelsea Manning wrote from her own solitary confinement cell, “The personal accounts by prisoners are some of the most disturbing that I have ever read.” These firsthand accounts are supplemented by the writing of noted experts, exploring the psychological, legal, ethical, and political dimensions of solitary confinement. “Do we really think it makes sense to lock so many people alone in tiny cells for twenty-three hours a day, for months, sometimes for years at a time? That is not going to make us safer. That’s not going to make us stronger.” —President Barack Obama “Elegant but harrowing.” —San Francisco Chronicle “A potent cry of anguish from men and women buried way down in the hole.” —Kirkus Reviews