Carceral Afterlives: Prisons, Detention, and Punishment in Postcolonial Uganda

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This social and political history analyzes how incarceration, a practice and policy with colonial origins, was central to both the exertion of and challenges to state power in postcolonial Uganda. The book also illustrates the persistent imbrication of prisons, punishment, politics, and struggles fo...

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Main Author: Bruce-Lockhart, Katherine 1990- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Athens, OH Ohio University Press 2022
In:Year: 2022
Edition:1st ed.
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Uganda > Justizvollzugsanstalt > Strafe > Freiheitsstrafe > Geschichte
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Summary:This social and political history analyzes how incarceration, a practice and policy with colonial origins, was central to both the exertion of and challenges to state power in postcolonial Uganda. The book also illustrates the persistent imbrication of prisons, punishment, politics, and struggles for decolonization and freedom across the globe.
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1: Colonial "Cinderella" -- 2: A National Prisons Service -- 3: Professional Identities and Institutional Imaginaries -- 4: Detention and Dissent in the Obote I Years -- 5:"Dungeons," Disappearance, and Detention -- 6: State of War -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (301 pages)
ISBN:9780821447741