The prison at the crossroads / edited by Anastasia Karamalidou and Alison Spurgeon-Dickson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Karamalidou, Anastasia, editor.

Spurgeon-Dickson, Alison, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Inter-Disciplinary Press, [2015]

Summary:

This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2015. The contributors to this volume highlight the immanence of the pains of imprisonment, documentign their evolution as well as their differing expressions and manifestations with regards to a diversity of prisoner groups and national prison systems, and explore ways of humanising the prison experience and normalising prison life.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Anastasia Karamalidou and Alison Spurgeon-Dickson

An Indian Novel and a Czech Diary: Stories of Domination, Resistance, Imprisonment and... / I. H- Shihan

Justice Denied: Care of Childbearing Women in the Criminal Justice System / Regina Cardaci

Why Do You Lock Me up since You Think that I Will never Be Good to Come Out? Better Kill Me; It Is Cheaper! / Anastasia Karamalidou

Rights and Living Conditions of Pre-Trial Detainees in the People’s Republic of China / Elisa Nesossi

Doing Time in a Prison Education Department: Prisoners’ Perspectives / Alison Spurgeon- Dickson

Be(Com)ing Human in a Hostile World: Foundations of a Literary Experience for Prisoners / Phyllis G. Hastings

Challenges and Opportunities for Outside Innovation in the Prison Experience / Paul Talbot.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84888-281-5

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781848882812 DOI