RT Article
T1 The new chain gang: Corrections in the next century
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 22
IS 1
SP 1
OP 12
A1 Allen, Harry E.
A1 Abril, Julie C.
A2 Abril, Julie C.
LA English
YR 1997
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764207505
AB This article examines the operations and excesses of the correctional chain gang as a group of prisoners working outside a penal facility under armed correctional supervision and wearing chains or other restraining devices to prevent escape. We detail the operations and excesses of earlier chain gangs, identifying variables that contributed to the contemporary phase that emerged in 1995. Predicated on vengeance, retributive justice, and punitiveness, the chain gang represents yet another devolving standard of human decency in correctional policies. Future scenarios are explored.
K1 Southern Criminal Justice Association
K1 Penal Facility
K1 Correctional Practice
K1 Correctional Policy
K1 Retributive Justice
DO 10.1007/BF02887338