Hell is a very small place: voices from solitary confinement

"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 au...

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Contributors: Casella, Jean (Editor) ; Ridgeway, James (Editor) ; Shourd, Sarah (Editor) ; Méndez, Juan E. (Author of afterword, colophon, etc.)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York London The New Press 2016
In:Year: 2016
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 7835
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Keywords:
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Erlebnisbericht
Imprisonment > United States
LAW / Civil Rights
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology
Social Science / Criminology
USA > Einzelhaft
USA > Strafvollzug > Einzelhaft > Isolation > Soziologie > Psychische Belastung
solitary confinement > United States