Why prisons are not “The New Asylums”

This paper will offer an antidote to the axiom that jails and prisons are becoming “the new asylums” in the U.S. Without disregarding the reality of having disproportioned numbers of people with disabilities (psychiatric, cognitive, learning disabilities in particular) in jails and prisons, I will c...

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Main Author: Ben-Moshe, Liat (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Punishment & society
Year: 2017, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 272-289
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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