Total Confinement Madness and Reason in the Maximum Security Prison

Name: Total Confinement Madness and Reason in the Maximum Security Prison
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ISBN: 9780520240766

ISBN-10: 0520240766

ISBN-13: 9780520240766

Edition: 2005

Authors: Lorna A. Rhodes

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In this rare firsthand account, Lorna Rhodes takes us into a hidden world that lies at the heart of the maximum security prison. Focusing on the "supermaximums"--and the mental health units that complement them--Rhodes conveys the internal contradictions of a system mandated to both punish and treat. Her often harrowing, sometimes poignant, exploration of maximum security confinement includes vivid testimony from prisoners and prison workers, describes routines and practices inside prison walls, and takes a hard look at the prison industry. More than an exposeacute;,Total Confinementis a theoretically sophisticated meditation on what incarceration tells us about who we are as a society.…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 2/26/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 329
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Author's Note


Preface


Introduction



Conditions of Control



Controlling Troubles



The Choice to Be Bad



Negotiating Treatment, Managing Custody



The Asylum of Last Resort



Custody and Treatment at the Divide



Questions of Exclusion



The Games Run Deep



Struggling It Out


Glossary of Prison Terms



Note on Research


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


List of Illustrations


Index