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A vivid look at the end of the line in the American legal system, where the rule of law gives way to the "correctional process". "Prisons: Houses of Darkness" reveals the astonishing lawlessness by which sentencing judges, prison authorities, and parole boards actually operate. It provides an eye-opening history of prisons and an overview of daily prison routine from Attica to Soledad-- much of it related in the inmates' own words-- which shatters the myth of rehabilitation and exposes the injustices of prison life. This is an urgent call for reform, a powerful case for applying the rule of law to the American way of punishment.
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In the United States, prisons function as warehouses for the long-term storage of human refuse. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
institutional living area, parole decision makers, punitive segregation, sending institution, untried prisoners, penal discipline, parole board members, administrative segregation, correctional administrators, receiving institution, reformatory movement, strip cell, disciplinary committee, sentencing disparity, prison administrators Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Supreme Court, New York, Eighth Amendment, National Advisory Commission, First Amendment, Cherry Hill, Fourteenth Amendment, Model Penal Code, District of Columbia, Task Force Report, President's Commission, Auburn State, Joint Commission, Correctional Counselor, Soledad Brother, Chief Justice Burger, Federal Bureau of Prisons, George Jackson, President's Crime Commission, South Dakota, Walnut Street, American Bar Association Commission, Fortune Society, New Hampshire New!
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In the United States, prisons function as warehouses for the long-term storage of human refuse. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
institutional living area, parole decision makers, punitive segregation, sending institution, untried prisoners, penal discipline, parole board members, administrative segregation, correctional administrators, receiving institution, reformatory movement, strip cell, disciplinary committee, sentencing disparity, prison administrators Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Supreme Court, New York, Eighth Amendment, National Advisory Commission, First Amendment, Cherry Hill, Fourteenth Amendment, Model Penal Code, District of Columbia, Task Force Report, President's Commission, Auburn State, Joint Commission, Correctional Counselor, Soledad Brother, Chief Justice Burger, Federal Bureau of Prisons, George Jackson, President's Crime Commission, South Dakota, Walnut Street, American Bar Association Commission, Fortune Society, New Hampshire New!
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
