The Marion Experiment : long-term solitary confinement and the supermax movement / edited by Stephen C. Richards.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Richards, Stephen C., editor.

Series:

Elmer H. Johnson and Carol Holmes Johnson series in criminology.

Elmer h johnson & carol holmes johnson series in criminology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisons--Law and legislation--United States.

Prisons.

Imprisonment--United States.

Imprisonment.

Solitary confinement--United States.

Solitary confinement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (621 p.)

Place of Publication:

Carbondale, Illinois : Southern Illinois University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The Marion Experiment combines academic research with personal accounts by prisoners to investigate solitary confinement and supermax prisons. USP Marion became a model for supermax prisons, with many other prison systems--in the U.S. and abroad--copying the special architectural and program innovations there"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword: The Phenomenon of USP Marion; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One. Convict Experience With Solitary Confinement; 1. The Politicization of the Hole in Indiana and Missouri; 2. The Realities of Special Housing Units in the Federal Bureau of Prisons; 3. Going to the Hole in California: Cauldron of Solitude; 4. The Boy Scout in Solitary at USP Lompoc; 5. Long-Term Solitary Segregation in the United States and Canada; Part Two. The Effects of Solitary Confinement; 6. Theorizing "Marionization" and the Supermax Prison Movement

7. Female Prisoners and Solitary Confinement 8. The Scene of the Crime: Children in Solitary Confinement; 9. Colorado Supermax Study: What the Critics Say and the Future Holds; 10. Revisiting the Mental Health Effects of Solitary Confinement on Prisoners in Supermax Units: A Psychological Jurisprudence Perspective; Part Three. International Perspectives on Solitary Confinement; 11. Doing Hard Time in the United Kingdom; 12. Solitary Confinement and Convict Segregation in French Prisons; 13. Israeli Maximum-Security Prisons; Conclusion: Rethinking Prisons in the 21st Century; References

Contributors Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8093-3377-5

OCLC:

905070105