A country called prison : mass incarceration and the making of a new nation / Mary D. Looman, John D. Carl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Looman, Mary D., author.

Carl, John D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imprisonment--United States--History.

Imprisonment.

Prisons--United States--History.

Prisons.

Prisoners--United States--History.

Prisoners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United States is the world leader in incarcerating citizens. 707 people out of every 100,000 are imprisoned. If those currently incarcerated in the US prison system were a country, it would be the 102nd most populated nation in the world. Aside from looking at the numbers, if we could look at prison from a new viewpoint, as its own country rather than an institution made up of walls and wires, policies and procedures, and legal statutes, what might we be able to learn? In A Country Called Prison, Mary Looman and John Carl propose a paradigm shift in the way that American society views mass

Contents:

Cover

A Country Called Prison

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Country Called Prison

Chapter 2 What Makes Prisons a Country?

Chapter 3 Who Are the People of the Country Called Prison?

Chapter 4 Living in the Country Called Prison

Chapter 5 Visiting America from the Country Called Prison

Chapter 6 Emigrating from the Country Called Prison

Chapter 7 Assimilating the Country Called Prison

Appendix: Summary of Proposals

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-021105-9

OCLC:

907924392