"When I testify in court, I am often asked: 'What is the damage of
long term solitary confinement?' ...Many prisoners with serious
mental illness emerge from prison after years in solitary with much
worse disability, and even stable individuals emerge with very
serious psychiatric symptoms. The damage from isolation is
dreadfully real." In the U.S., there are approximately 100,000
inmates held in supermax prisons and isolation units in other
prisons and jails, confined to 8' x 10' windowless holes for 23-24
hours a day, sometimes for decades. Terry A. Kupers, one of the
world's leading experts on the effects of solitary confinement,
takes us inside the cells and minds of some of the thousand inmates
he's interviewed while investigating prison conditions over the
last 40 years. From prisoners ignored by staff for urgent medical
and psychiatric needs to "cell extractions" where officers in riot
gear spray a prisoner with immobilizing gas to subdue him, Kupers
has seen the gamut of violence that inmates encounter daily. With
an empathetic yet realistic voice, Kupers sheds light on the social
purposes for disappearing disadvantaged people while providing
constructive rehabilitative alternatives to solitary confinement.
General
Imprint: |
University of California Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2017 |
First published: |
2017 |
Authors: |
Terry A. Kupers
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-29223-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
LSN: |
0-520-29223-5 |
Barcode: |
9780520292239 |
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