Total confinement : madness and reason in the maximum security prison

Total confinement : madness and reason in the maximum security prison /

In this rare firsthand account, Lorna Rhodes takes us into a hidden world that lies at the heart of the maximum security prison. Focusing on the "supermaximums"--And the mental health units that complement them--Rhodes conveys the internal contradictions of a system mandated to both punish...

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Main Author: Rhodes, Lorna A. (Lorna Amarasingham)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2004
Series:California series in public anthropology ; 7.
Subjects:
Solitary confinement > United States.
Prisoners > Mental health > United States.
Imprisonment > United States.
Prisons > United States.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:In this rare firsthand account, Lorna Rhodes takes us into a hidden world that lies at the heart of the maximum security prison. Focusing on the "supermaximums"--And the mental health units that complement them--Rhodes conveys the internal contradictions of a system mandated to both punish and treat
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 315 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-298) and index.
ISBN:9780520937680
0520937686
1417525576
9781417525577
0520229878
9780520229877
0520240766
9780520240766
1597349615
9781597349611
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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