Special issue. The beautiful prison

In The beautiful prison incarcerated Americans and prison critics seek to imagine the prison as something better than a machinery of suffering. From personal testimony to theoretical meditation these writers explore and confront the practical and cultural limits the prison places on its transformat...

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Other Authors: Sarat, Austin.
Format: Electronic
Language: English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2014.
Series: Studies in law, politics, and society ; v. 64.
Subjects:
Social Science > Criminology.
Prisons.
Law & society.
Penology & punishment.
Prisons > United States.
Imprisonment > United States.
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ISBN: 9781783509669 (electronic bk.) :
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 96 p.) : ill.

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Summary: In The beautiful prison incarcerated Americans and prison critics seek to imagine the prison as something better than a machinery of suffering. From personal testimony to theoretical meditation these writers explore and confront the practical and cultural limits the prison places on its transformation into a socially constructive institution.
Item Description: Includes index.
ISBN: 9781783509669 (electronic bk.) :
ISSN: 1059-4337 ;

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