Today there are approximately fifty thousand prisoners in American
prisons serving life without parole, having been found guilty of
crimes ranging from murder and rape to burglary, carjacking, and
drug offences. In The Forgotten Men, criminologist Margaret E.
Leigey provides an insightful account of a group of aging inmates
imprisoned for at least twenty years, with virtually no chance of
release. These men make up one of the most marginalized
segments of the contemporary U.S. prison population. Considered too
dangerous for rehabilitation, ignored by prison administrators, and
overlooked by courts disinclined to review such sentences, these
prisoners grow increasingly cut off from family and the outside
world. Drawing on in-depth interviews with twenty-five such
prisoners, Leigey gives voice to these extremely marginalized
inmates and offers a look at how they struggle to cope. She
reveals, for instance, that the men believe that permanent
incarceration is as inhumane as capital punishment, calling life
without parole “the hard death penalty.” Indeed, after serving
two decades in prison, some wished that they had received the death
penalty instead. Leigey also recounts the ways in which the
prisoners attempt to construct meaningful lives inside the bleak
environment where they will almost certainly live out their
lives. Every state in the union (except Alaska) has
the life-without-parole sentencing option, despite its
controversial nature and its staggering cost to the taxpayer. The
Forgotten Men provides a much-needed analysis of the policies
behind life-without-parole sentencing, arguing that such sentences
are overused and lead to serious financial and ethical dilemmas.
General
| Imprint: |
Rutgers University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Critical Issues in Crime and Society |
| Release date: |
May 2015 |
| Firstpublished: |
2015 |
| Authors: |
Margaret E Leigey
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
242 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8135-6948-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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| LSN: |
0-8135-6948-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780813569482 |
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