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Correctional Institutions
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryAddiction and Control Skorodin, Morton Article 2009 Prisons are very profitable. There are private prisons nowadays. The people that own them have, as their mission, first and foremost, the making of money. They need as many people as possible in priso... Alternatives Article 1977 A poster, brochure, and information on jail chaplaincies and the corrections system. American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination Williams, Kristian Book 2006 A damning audit of the US record in underwriting human rights violations around the globe and at home, and about the centrality of rape, racism, and conquest to both the state and US national culture. Barred from Prison  Culhane, Claire Article 1979 An account of what occured inside the B.C. Penitentiary during a prison uprising in September 1976. Canadian Information Sharing Service: Pilot Copy, February 1976 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1976 The first issue of the Canadian Information Sharing Service publication. The name of the publication was later changed to Connexions and then to Connexions Digest. Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 1, Number 2 - July 1976 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1976 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 1, Number 6 - March 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 1 - May 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 3, Number 2 - April 1978 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Connexions: Volume 4, Number 5 - October 1979 - Nuclear Energy\Energie Nucleaire Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 1 - February 1981 - Lesbians/Gay Men/Lesbiennes/Hommes Gais Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 4 - November 1981 - Unorganized Workers/Travailleurs Non-Organises Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 9, Number 2 - Summer 1984 - Rights and Liberties - A Digest of Resources & Groups for Social Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 Convict Labor in America: Book review Ortiz, Paul Article 1998 Convict labour, like antebellum slavery, was an American way of life, a cultural practice that tied northern capitalists, plantation owners, university-trained social reformers, federal officials and ... Crime and Punishment in America: Why the Solutions to America's Most Stubborn Social Crisis Have Not Worked... and What Will Currie, Elliott Book 1998 Currie explores why being 'tough on crime' will only serve to exacerbate the problem. Deaths in Custody and Detention: Volume 33, No. 4 (2006) of Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict, and World Order Serial Publication (Periodical) 2006 A special issue on the investigation of, and inquiry into, deaths in custody and detention (including state hospitals and mental health, police and prison custody, and young offenders' institutions). ... Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. and the Aristocracy of Prison Profits: Six-part article Fitts, Catherine Austin Article 2006 Inside the Financial World, Government Agencies and their Private Contractors Lies a Hidden System of Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking and Rigged Stock Market Riches. Eye for an Eye Griswold, Jack; Misenheimer, Mike; Powers, Art; Tromanhauser, Ed Book 1970 Four inmates talk about the American penal system over 50 years of rehabilitation and the corruption inherent of the prison system. Forced Passages: Imprisoned Radical Intellectuals and the U.S. Prison Regime Rodriguez, Dylan Book 2005 The dramatic rise and consolidation of America's prison system has devastated lives and communities, but it has also transformed prisons into sites of political discourse and resistance, as they have ... The Fortress Economy: The Economic Role of the U. S. Prison System Lichtenstein, Alexander C.; Kroll, Michael A. Book 1990 The economic role of the US Prison System examined. Going up the River: Travels in a Prison Nation Hallinan, Joseph T. Book 2001 On the prisons in America, their unprofitable nature, and their ineffectiveness. Hallinan also explores the workings of mostly-white towns that host prisons of predominately black inmates. How Private Prisons Game the Immigration System Fang, Lee Article 2013 With huge profits at stake, CCA and the Geo Group are pushing discreetly for enforcement-heavy immigration reform. Imprisoned Intellectuals: America's Political Prisoners Write on Life, Liberation, and Rebellion James, Joy (ed.) Book 2003 Anthology of writings by imprisoned intellectuals. In Conflict with the Law: Women and the Canadian Justice System Adelberg, Ellen; Currie, Claudia Book 1994 Critique of women and the Canadian justice system. Written from a feminist perspective, the collection is organized into three thematic sextions: Federal Imprisonment of Women -- Past, Present and Fut... Inmate's Rights: A Handbook of prisoners: Rights and Obligations in Newfoundland and Labrador Article 1984 Intractable: Hell Has a Name: Life Inside Australia's First Super-Max Prison Matthews, Bernie Book 2006 A firsthand account spanning two generations of high-security confinement in the 1970s NSW Australian prison system. Jails for Jesus Shapiro, Samantha M. Article 2003 President Bush wants faith-based programs to take over social services. But what happens when evangelical Christians try their hand at running prisons? Justice Behind the Walls: Human Rights in Canadian Prisons Jackson, Michael Book 2003 An account of the state of justice in Canadian prisons, weaving together the threads of correctional history, penal philosophy, landmark court decisions, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and legisl... Live From Death Row Abu-Jamal, Mumia Book 1995 A collection of prison writing by Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was sentenced to death in 1982 for the murder of a police officer after a dubious trial. Lock 'Em Up: The Prison State Yates, Michael Article 2010 Without a doubt, most of those enmeshed in the (in)justice system are not dangers to society and would not have been in it at all in a society that wasn't so racist and so shot through with every kind... Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis Parenti, Christian Book 1999 Why is criminal justice so central to American politics? Lockdown America not only documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing, prisons, a fortified border, and the federalization of... Make the Don a Museum of Horrors Diemer, Ulli Article 1977 A museum depicting what prison is really like might motivate us to demand radical changes to the way we deal with offenders. Mass Incarceration for Profit Dolinar, Brian; Kilgore, James Article 2015 In the face of growing public criticism and improved technologies, companies like Securus search for new ways to remain competitive while marketing themselves as providers of a quality service that ke... Maximum, Minimum, Medium: A Journey Through Canadian Prisons Melnitzer, Julius Book 1995 Serving a nine-year sentence, Melnitzer documented his experience in three different prisons, along with his own introspections. A Microcosm of the Nation - Control Unit Prisons: Out of Control Jacobs, Ron Article 2013 A review of 'Out of Control: A Fifteen Year Battle Against Control Unit Prisons' by Nancy Kurshan. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Alexander, Michelle Book 2010 Argues that Jim Crow and legal racial segregation have been replaced by mass race-based incarceration as a system of social control. No Longer Barred From Prison Culhane, Claire Book 1991 An account of one individual's determined efforts to get inside prisons to see what is actually happening there. As her story makes clear, the penal system cannot tolerate such close scrutiny: she her... One Thousand Years of Solitude: Life in the SHU Mariner, Joanne Article 2012 Indefinite solitary confinement: a large-scale experiment in sensory deprivation and social isolation. The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society Morris, Norval; Rothman, David J. (eds.) Book 1997 Thematic chapters explore a variety of aspects and institutions. Prison Abolition & Alternatives: Nine Perspectives for Prison Abolitionists Article 1976 A argument for the abolition of prisons and a discussion of alternatives. The Prison-Industrial Complex Schlosser, Eric Article 1998 Correctional officials see danger in prison overcrowding. Others see opportunity. The nearly two million Americans behind bars "the majority of them nonviolent offenders" mean jobs for depressed regio... Prison Labor: Workin' For The Man: Article in Covert Action Quarterly #54, Fall 1995 Erlich, Reese Article 1995 Article analysing the roots of prison labour in America. Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor Herivel, Tara; Wright, Paul Book 2002 Essays on the cruelty and inhumanity of the American prison system. Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number Timerman, Jacobo Book 1991 The story of Timmerman's 30 months as a political prisoner under the Argentine dictatorship in the 1970s. Prisons in Canada Gosselin, Luc Book 1996 Gosselin provides a political and historical view of the prison system and its inherent contradictions. He argues that the penal system is used by the State to maintain its authority. He remarks on co... Race, Incarceration, and American Values Loury, Glenn C., with Pamela Karlan, Tommie Shelby and Loïc Wacquant Book 2008 Glenn Loury argues that the extraordinary mass incarceration rate in the USA is not a response to rising crime rates. Instead, it is the product of a decision to become a more punitive society. He con... Rampant Racism in the Criminal Justice System Quigley, Bill Article 2010 The biggest crime in the U.S. criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African-Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much more aggressive way than white people. The Real War on Crime: The Report of the National Criminal Justice Commission Donziger, Steven R. Book 1996 A thorough examination of the American criminal justice system. The Rise and Fall of California's Radical Prison Movement Cummins, Eric Book 1994 A history of California's prison movement from 1950 to 1980, highlighting the role prison reading and writing played in the creation of radical inmate ideology. Submission to the Sub-Committee on the Penitentiary Systems In Canada Hearings Article 1977 A list of recommendations on how to fix certain issues in the prison system. Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire Perkinson, Robert Book 2010 A history of imprisonment, race, and politics from slavery to the present, with an emphasis on Texas, the most locked-down state in the USA. The Violence of Incarceration Scraton, Phil; McCulloch, Mude (eds.) Book 2008 Argues that the revelations of extreme brutality perpetrated by allied soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo represent the inevitable end-product of domestic incarceration predicated on the us... When the Prisoners Ran Walpole: A true story in the movement for prison abolition Bissonette, Jamie Book 2008 In the months before they took over running the Walople maximum-security facility in 1973, prisoners and outside advocates created programs that sent more prisoners home for good. This account reveals... The World's Most Fashionable Prison Mak, C K Film/Video 2012 Fashion designer Puey Quinones works with inmates in a Philipine prison to teach them how to sew, work with fabrics and see their ideas go from sketch to finished product. Sources LibraryInside Halden, the most humane prison in the world Amelia Gentleman visits Halden, the high-security jail in Norway Gentleman, Amelia 2012 A look into the flagship prison of Norway, where recidivism after two years is only 20%, and the focus is on rehabilitation rather than punishment. From the Connexions ArchivesBulldozer Periodical profile published 1982 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1982 Intended as a vehicle for prison reform, Bulldozer publishes letters, poems and articles by and about prisoners in North American maximum security institutions. Bulletin of the Quaker Jails and Justice Committee Vol. 1 No. 5 Bishop, Elaine; Harkins, Kathy (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Irregularly published newsletter outlining some of the current concerns and activities of the Quaker Committee. The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons Periodical profile published 1989 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 Odyssey Newsletter Periodical profile published 1982 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1982 The Odyssey Newsletter is published by a group of long term prisoners who "feel that prisons and the justice system in Canada must be changed through non-violent means." Odyssey Newsletter Periodical profile published 1981 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 This newsletter is published by "a group of prisoners who feel that prisons and the justice system in Canada can be changed by non-violent means." A Quaker Committee on Jails and Justice Newsletter Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 A newsletter that argues against capital punishment. Rap About Prisoners Periodical profile published 1976 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1976 Representing people both inside and outside the prison system. |
