Solitary Confinement : : Lived Experiences and Ethical Implications /

Solitary Confinement : : Lived Experiences and Ethical Implications / / David Polizzi.

Why is solitary confinement used in today’s world? Does it help the rehabilitation of offenders? And how is policy affected by justification for the use of it? This book is the first to consider the history of solitary confinement and how it is experienced by the individuals undergoing it. Using Mer...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Polizzi, David,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (112 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • The Experience of Solitary Confinement: Some Beginning Reflections
  • A Very Brief History of Solitary Confinement and the Supermax Penitentiary
  • The Developmental History of Solitary and Supermax Confinement: Toward a Phenomenology of the State of Exception
  • The Supreme Court, Solitary Confinement, and the Prohibition of Cruel and Unusual Punishment
  • From the Other Side of the Door: the Lived Experience of Solitary Confinement
  • Some Closing Reflections
  • References
  • Index

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