Prison system

Handbook on prisons

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Focusing on prisons, this title is a useful reference for practitioners working in prisons and other parts of the criminal justice system. It explores a range of historical and contemporary issues relating to prisons, imprisonment and prison management.

Incarceration nation: how the United States became the most punitive de…

by Enns, Peter, (Peter K.)

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"The rise of mass incarceration in the United States is one of the most critical outcomes of the last half-century. Incarceration Nation offers the most compelling explanation of this outcome to date. This book combines in-depth analysis of Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon's pr…

Work has taken place in prison environments throughout the history corrections in the United States. Literature on work in prisons usually frames it as a positive means to keep incarcerated individuals busy, teach vocational skills, and maintain prison operations. While research…