Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, V27 #1 : General Issue / ed. by Kevin Walby, Justin Piché.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Piché, Justin, Editor.

Walby, Kevin, Editor.

Series:

Journal of Prisoners on Prisons Series

Journal of Prisoners on Prisons

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

VOLUME 27, NUMBER 1 (2018) is a general issue featuring several articles examining aging, suffering and death behind the walls. This edition of the journal also features a section dedicated to "Continuing the Dialogue on Canada's Federal Penitentiary System" edited by Jarrod Shook, along with Prisoners' Struggles pieces and a book review. This book is published in English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

INTRODUCTION FROM THE ISSUE EDITORS

ARTICLES

Growing Old in the Gulag

An Opiate Addiction Crisis Behind Bars

Hepatitis C and Me: Treatment and Cure

Mass(achusetts) Incarceration of the Elderly: Morally Questionable, Costly and Unnecessary for Public Safety

Observations from Inside on Execution Day

Rehabilitation and Re-Entry: A Need for a New Vision

CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE ON CANADA'S FEDERAL PENITENTIARY SYSTEM

A Little Less Conversation, A Lot More Action

Inadequate Resources for and Access to Penitentiary Libraries Diminish Access to Justice and Transformation

On the Erosion of Rehabilitation

In Between Bouts of Depression and Apathy: Reflections from Riverbend Institution

Effects of Long-term Incarceration on the Elderly

RESPONSE

Aging in Prison: It Only Gets Worse

PRISONERS' STRUGGLES

Fighting for Improvements to the Experience and Outcomes of Incarceration

Resisting Dehumanization

Middle Street Publishing: Using Technology to Advocate from Inside a Federal Prison

InterNational Prisoner's Family Conference

BOOK REVIEW

Unusually Cruel: Prisons, Punishment, and the Real American Exceptionalism by Marc Morjé Howard Oxford: Oxford University Press (2017), 296 pp.

COVER ART

Front Cover: "Untitled" 2016, acrylic paint on paper

Back Cover: "Untitled" 2016, acrylic paint on paper

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 09. Dez 2023)

OCLC:

1414456204