RT Article
T1 Managing Prisons Through Extended Solitary Confinement: A Necessary Approach or a Signal of Prison System Failure?
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 68
IS 1
SP 62
OP 84
A1 Mears, Daniel P. 1966-
A2 Aranda-Hughes, Vivian
A2 Pesta, George B.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1873102569
AB In contemporary American corrections, extended solitary confinement (ESM) as a management tool has emerged as a strategy for avowedly controlling the most violent individuals and, in so doing, creating a safer prison system. We theorize that the emergence of this unique form of housing may also be viewed as a signal of prison system failure. To advance this argument, we identify how different theoretical perspectives can be used to anticipate the effects of ESM on prison system violence and order and then investigate the plausibility of this account by grounding it in analysis of qualitative data from a study of one state’s prison system. The analysis suggests theoretical and empirical warrant for both views of ESM—as an effective tool and as a symptom of system failure. Implications of the study research and policy are discussed.
K1 Systems
K1 Order
K1 Inmates
K1 Solitary Confinement
K1 Prisons
DO 10.1177/0306624X211058948