Mass incarceration

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Law Library — 2nd Floor Collection (2nd floor)

Call Number
KF9223 .R45 2018
Status
Available

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Summary

In this brief, timely text, Keramet Reiter explores the least visible, but arguably most important, characteristics of mass incarceration in the United States: the systematic constriction of prisoners' constitutional rights; the treatment of the mentally ill in prison; the long-term consequences of having served time in prison; the problem of prisoner disenfranchisement; and the privatization of multiple aspects of the prison industry. Each chapter begins with a narrative account of one individual's experience within the prison system, drawn from actual cases and recent events that frame the history, themes, and core ethical questions addressed in that chapter.

About the Series

Keynotes in Criminology and Criminal Justice provides essential knowledge on important contemporary matters of crime, law, and justice to a broad audience of readers. Volumes are written by leading scholars in that area. Concise, accessible, and affordable, these texts are designed to serve either as primers around which courses can be built or as supplemental books for a variety of courses.

Contents

  • Acknowledgments p. vii
  • About the Author p. ix
  • Introduction p. xi
  • 1 The Exception to Every Rule: Constitutional Exemptions and Limitations p. 1
  • Larry Hope p. 2
  • From Slaves of the State to Masters of the Law? p. 9
  • The Peanut Butter Case and Rights Limitations p. 13
  • What Rights Are Left? p. 18
  • 2 The Prison Within the Prison: Mental Illness and Punitive Tools of Control p. 28
  • Joseph Duran p. 30
  • Transinstitutionalization: Hospital or Prison? p. 36
  • Solitary Confinement and Mental Health p. 45
  • Ethics of Confinement: To Punish or to Protect? p. 51
  • 3 The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Collateral Consequences and Expanded Punishments p. 57
  • Howard Dean Bailey p. 59
  • The Origins of Collateral Consequences p. 62
  • The Scope of Collateral Consequences p. 66
  • Familial Collateral: Perpetual Poverty p. 70
  • Community Collateral: Million Dollar Blocks p. 75
  • Institutional Collateral: Illegitimacy p. 85
  • 4 The Silenced Majority: Voting Rights and Prison-Based Gerrymandering p. 87
  • Eileen Janis p. 88
  • Disenfranchisement: An American Tradition p. 92
  • Voting in and after Prison p. 96
  • Voting Rights and Distortions p. 99
  • 5 Prisons for Profit: Privatization and the Prison Industrial Complex p. 105
  • T. Don Hutto and the Birth of the Private Prison p. 106
  • Prisons, Profits, and Problems p. 111
  • Are Private Prisons Cheaper and Better? p. 115
  • Beyond Critique: The Department of Justice Resists Privatization p. 120
  • Partial Privatization p. 125
  • Conclusion p. 135
  • Timeline of Key Laws, Cases, and Events p. 143
  • Index p. 147

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