RT Book
T1 Hell is a very small place: voices from solitary confinement
A2 Casella, Jean 1961-
A2 Ridgeway, James 1936-
A2 Shourd, Sarah
A2 Méndez, Juan E. 1944-
LA English
PP New York London
PB The New Press
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/839086903
AB "The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture has denounced the use of solitary confinement beyond fifteen days as a form of cruel and degrading treatment that often rises to the level of torture. Yet the United States holds more than eighty thousand people in isolation on any given day. Now sixteen authors vividly describe the miserable realities of life in solitary.  In a book that will add a startling new dimension to the debates around human rights and prison reform, former and current prisoners describe the devastating effects of solitary confinement on their minds and bodies, the solidarity expressed between individuals who live side by side for years without ever meeting one another face to face, the ever-present specters of madness and suicide, and the struggle to maintain hope and humanity.  These firsthand accounts are supplemented by the writing of noted experts, exploring the psychological, legal, ethical, and political dimensions of solitary confinement, and a comprehensive introduction by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella. Sarah Shourd, herself a survivor of more than a year of solitary confinement, writes eloquently in a preface about an experience that changed her life. "--
AB "The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture has denounced the use of solitary confinement beyond fifteen days as a form of cruel and degrading treatment that often rises to the level of torture. Yet the United States holds more than eighty thousand people in isolation on any given day. Now sixteen authors vividly describe the miserable realities of life in solitary.  In a book that will add a startling new dimension to the debates around human rights and prison reform, former and current prisoners describe the devastating effects of solitary confinement on their minds and bodies, the solidarity expressed between individuals who live side by side for years without ever meeting one another face to face, the ever-present specters of madness and suicide, and the struggle to maintain hope and humanity.  These firsthand accounts are supplemented by the writing of noted experts, exploring the psychological, legal, ethical, and political dimensions of solitary confinement, and a comprehensive introduction by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella. Sarah Shourd, herself a survivor of more than a year of solitary confinement, writes eloquently in a preface about an experience that changed her life. "--
NO Includes bibliographical references
CN HV9471
SN 9781620971376
K1 solitary confinement : United States
K1 Imprisonment : United States
K1 Social Science / Criminology
K1 LAW / Civil Rights
K1 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology
K1 Erlebnisbericht
K1 Aufsatzsammlung
K1 USA : Strafvollzug : Einzelhaft : Isolation : Soziologie : Psychische Belastung
K1 USA : Einzelhaft