RT Book
T1 Metamorphosis: how to transform punishment in America
A1 Ferguson, Robert A. 1942-2017
LA English
PP New Haven London
PB Yale University Press
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1028352913
AB In the past few years, the need for prison reform in America has reached the level of a consensus. We agree that many prison terms are too long, especially for nonviolent drug offenders; that long-term isolation is a bad idea; and that basic psychiatric and medical care in prisons is woefully inadequate. Some people believe that contracting out prison services to for-profit companies is a recipe for mistreatment. Robert Ferguson argues that these reforms barely scratch the surface of what is wrong with American prisons: an atmosphere of malice and humiliation that subjects prisoners and guards alike to constant degradation. Bolstered by insights from hundreds of letters written by prisoners, Ferguson makes the case for an entirely new concept of prisons and their purpose: an "inner architectonics of reform" that will provide better education for all involved in prisons, more imaginative and careful use of technology, more sophisticated surveillance systems, and better accountability -- Dust jacket
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV9471
SN 0300230834
SN 9780300230833
K1 Imprisonment : United States
K1 USA : Justizvollzugsanstalt : Strafvollzug : Reform