Human on the Inside : unlocking the truth about Canada's prisons / Gary Garrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garrison, Gary, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of--Canada.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Prisons--Canada.

Prisons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Human on the Inside Gary Garrison takes readers out of their comfort zones and into some of Canada's most notorious and violent prisons, introducing us to a menacing yet vibrant subculture of inmates, guards, and staff. Through personal stories, Garrison illuminates a criminal justice system that ignores poverty, racism, mental illness, and addiction and deals instead with society's problems with razor wire and harsh treatment. It is a system that degrades the individual and sees inmates as less than human. Providing a counterbalance to fear-mongering about criminals, he argues that a dehumanizing system generates more crime, not less, and perpetuates another injustice, this time committed on behalf of all Canadians.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Untitled

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Conclusion

Bibliography.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780889773776

0889773777

OCLC:

905385359