Managing Prisons Through Extended Solitary Confinement: A Necessary Approach or a Signal of Prison System Failure?

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 v...

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Authors: Mears, Daniel P. 1966- (Author) ; Aranda-Hughes, Vivian (Author) ; Pesta, George B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2024, Volume: 68, Issue: 1, Pages: 62-84
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Systems
Order
Inmates
Solitary Confinement
Prisons