Dying In Prison

Author : Victor Hassine
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Life imprisonment
ISBN : 0199774056

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Life Without Parole by Victor Hassine Pdf

In 1981, Victor Hassine went to prison. In 2008, he died there.This edition of Hassine'sLife Without Paroleis no longer just an account of life in confinement; it is the story of life and death behind bars. Revised and updated throughout, the fifth edition includes: A new title.In honor of Hassine's legacy, editors Robert Johnson and Sonia Tabriz have given the fifth edition a new subtitle--Living and Dying in Prison Today. A new format.To create a more fluid narrative, the editors have restructured Hassine's writings to offer a seamless chronicle of his life and death in prison. New stories.To better convey Hassine's journey, the editors have added three of Hassine's original works of fiction. A new beginning and ending.The editors have replaced chapter introductions with two new essays bookending Hassine's text, offering insights that complement Hassine's own perceptions. A new appendix.Editors Robert Johnson and Sonia Tabriz examine the latest developments in the field of penology.

Author : Marissa Sandler,Deborah Coles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04
Category : Women prisoners
ISBN : 0946858225

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Dying on the Inside by Marissa Sandler,Deborah Coles Pdf

Author : Carol Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 303127105X

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Dying in Prison by Carol Robinson Pdf

"Essential reading for all studying prisons, working in prisons, or creating policies on prisons! This beautifully written book provides us with a brilliant, powerful, ethical and compassionate critique of prison regimes and cultures as well as a more caring way forward, based on ethnographic observations and interviews with incarcerated men and prison staff." - Professor Maggie O'Neill, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University College Cork; Visiting Professor, Northumbria University, UK "This fascinating, timely, and elegantly written book provides an unrivalled insight into an under-explored but increasingly frequent phenomenon, namely the deaths of prisoners from natural causes. Robinson provides an evocative, penetrating and deeply attentive analysis of the complex moral, spatial and practical questions surrounding the care of dying prisoners, revealing how prisoners and prison staff grapple with mortality and grief in places where notions of humanity and care are contested and unevenly practiced. Dying in Prison is essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in what happens within prisons and the realities of dying in circumstances and settings few would choose for their final days and hours." -Dr Kate Gooch, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, UK This book uses empirical data gathered using ethnographic methods in two contrasting prisons to provide a rare insight into death and dying in prisons in the UK. The majority of deaths in prison custody in England and Wales result from natural causes, yet the experiences of people dying in prison and the impact of these deaths on the wider prison are under-researched areas. It provides a novel insight into the impact of deaths from natural causes on the prison as an institution and challenges existing work juxtaposing occupational philosophies of 'care' and 'control'. It also identifies how end of life care is provided in prisons and the impact this has on culture and relationships shows how deaths from natural causes in prison custody 'soften' prison regimes, culture and relationships. It speaks to an international audience by drawing on the global literature including from the US. Carol Robinson is a lecturer in Criminology at the University of York, UK, where she teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She previously worked as a prison chaplain. .

Author : Victor Hassine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105060432502

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Life Without Parole by Victor Hassine Pdf

In 1981 Victor Hassine was sentenced to prison for life without parole for a capital offense. This book is an insightful look at conditions of confinement and prison life in america today. Hassine powerfully conveys the changes in prison life which have come abut as a result of the use of drugs, prison overcrowding, and demographic changes in inmate populations. Topics covered include rape, prison gangs, prison violence, AIDS, homosexuality, and prison politics. The second edition features five new chapters that explore crucial topics expanding on the first edition, graphically documenting the extreme violence that is a part of everyday life in a men's maximum-high security prison. A new appendix offers details about the capital crime for which Hassine received a life-without-parole sentence. It also provides fascinating coverage of how the first edition was received by inmates and correctional officers --Cover.

Author : Ron H. Aday
Publisher : Praeger Publishers
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015056452256

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Aging Prisoners by Ron H. Aday Pdf

The number of elderly prisoners is growing. This book provides a review and analysis of the issues that this population presents to correctional systems, covering the medical, gerontological, psychological and social aspects of aging in place in prison. Other topics covered inlcude: -- the current state of U.S. prisons, crime patterns among the elderly, problems associated with long-term inmates, the treatment of older women prisoners, and the possibility of an elderly justice system.

Author : Homer Venters
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781421427355

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Life and Death in Rikers Island by Homer Venters Pdf

This revelatory and groundbreaking book concludes with the author's analysis of the case for closing Rikers Island jails and his advice on how to do it for the good of the incarcerated.

Author : Marie Gottschalk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139455213

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The Prison and the Gallows by Marie Gottschalk Pdf

The United States has built a carceral state that is unprecedented among Western countries and in US history. Nearly one in 50 people, excluding children and the elderly, is incarcerated today, a rate unsurpassed anywhere else in the world. What are some of the main political forces that explain this unprecedented reliance on mass imprisonment? Throughout American history, crime and punishment have been central features of American political development. This 2006 book examines the development of four key movements that mediated the construction of the carceral state in important ways: the victims' movement, the women's movement, the prisoners' rights movement, and opponents of the death penalty. This book argues that punitive penal policies were forged by particular social movements and interest groups within the constraints of larger institutional structures and historical developments that distinguish the United States from other Western countries.

Author : Jimmie
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Prisoners
ISBN : 9780595339303

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Life, Death and Sex in Prison by Jimmie Pdf

What is life, death and sex all about behind prison walls? Do men actually fall in love with other men? How prevalent are beatings or death? There are three laws to follow in prison, free world law and the prison's and prisoner's laws.

Author : Hans Toch,James R. Acker,Vincent Martin Bonventre
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1433829002

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Living on Death Row by Hans Toch,James R. Acker,Vincent Martin Bonventre Pdf

PROSE Award Finalist for Psychology This book synthesizes scholarly reflections with personal accounts from prison administrators and inmates to show the harsh reality of life on death row.

Author : Carol Robinson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031271038

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Dying in Prison by Carol Robinson Pdf

This book uses empirical data gathered using ethnographic methods in two contrasting prisons to provide a rare insight into death and dying in prisons in the UK. The majority of deaths in prison custody in England and Wales result from natural causes, yet the experiences of people dying in prison and the impact of these deaths on the wider prison are under-researched areas. It provides a novel insight into the impact of deaths from natural causes on the prison as an institution and challenges existing work juxtaposing occupational philosophies of ‘care’ and ‘control’. It also identifies how end of life care is provided in prisons and the impact this has on culture and relationships shows how deaths from natural causes in prison custody ‘soften’ prison regimes, culture and relationships. It speaks to an international audience by drawing on the global literature including from the US.

Author : Clifton D. Bryant
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1146 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Death
ISBN : 9780761925149

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Handbook of Death and Dying by Clifton D. Bryant Pdf

Review: "More than 100 scholars contributed to this carefully researched, well-organized, informative, and multi-disciplinary source on death studies. Volume 1, "The Presence of Death," examines the cultural, historical, and societal frameworks of death, such as the universal fear of death, spirituality and varioius religions, the legal definition of death, suicide, and capital punishment. Volume 2, "The Response to Death," covers such topics as rites and ceremonies, grief and bereavement, and legal matters after death."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.

Author : Christopher Seeds
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520977020

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Death by Prison by Christopher Seeds Pdf

In recent decades, life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP) has developed into a distinctive penal form in the United States, one firmly entrenched in US policy-making, judicial and prosecutorial decision-making, correctional practice, and public discourse. LWOP is now a routine practice, but how it came to be so remains in question. Fifty years ago, imprisonment of a person until death was an extraordinary punishment; today, it accounts for the sentences of an increasing number of prisoners in the United States. What explains the shifts in penal practice and social imagination by which we have become accustomed to imprisoning people until death without any reevaluation or expectation of release? Combining a wide historical lens with detailed state- and institutional-level research, Death by Prison offers a provocative new foundation for questioning this deeply problematic practice that has escaped close scrutiny for too long.

Author : Charles J. Ogletree,Austin Sarat
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814762486

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Life Without Parole by Charles J. Ogletree,Austin Sarat Pdf

Is life without parole the perfect compromise to the death penalty? Or is it as ethically fraught as capital punishment? This comprehensive, interdisciplinary anthology treats life without parole as “the new death penalty.” Editors Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and Austin Sarat bring together original work by prominent scholars in an effort to better understand the growth of life without parole and its social, cultural, political, and legal meanings. What justifies the turn to life imprisonment? How should we understand the fact that this penalty is used disproportionately against racial minorities? What are the most promising avenues for limiting, reforming, or eliminating life without parole sentences in the United States? Contributors explore the structure of life without parole sentences and the impact they have on prisoners, where the penalty fits in modern theories of punishment, and prospects for (as well as challenges to) reform.

Author : Lisa Guenther,Scott Zeman
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780823265312

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Death and Other Penalties by Lisa Guenther,Scott Zeman Pdf

Mass incarceration is one of the most pressing ethical and political issues of our time. In this volume, philosophers join activists and those incarcerated on death row to grapple with contemporary U.S. punishment practices and draw out critiques around questions of power, identity, justice, and ethical responsibility. This work takes shape against a backdrop of disturbing trends: The United States incarcerates more of its own citizens than any other country in the world. A disproportionate number of these prisoners are people of color, and, today, a black man has a greater chance of going to prison than to college. The United States is the only Western democracy to retain the death penalty, even after decades of scholarship, statistics, and even legal decisions have depicted a deeply flawed system structured by racism and class oppression. Motivated by a conviction that mass incarceration and state execution are among the most important ethical and political problems of our time, the contributors to this volume come together from a diverse range of backgrounds to analyze, critique, and envision alternatives to the injustices of the U.S. prison system, with recourse to deconstruction, phenomenology, critical race theory, feminism, queer theory, and disability studies. They engage with the hyper-incarceration of people of color, the incomplete abolition of slavery, the exploitation of prisoners as workers and as “raw material” for the prison industrial complex, the intensive confinement of prisoners in supermax units, and the complexities of capital punishment in an age of abolition. The resulting collection contributes to a growing intellectual and political resistance to the apparent inevitability of incarceration and state execution as responses to crime and to social inequalities. It addresses both philosophers and activists who seek intellectual resources to contest the injustices of punishment in the United States.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Death row
ISBN : 1617034886

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Texas death row by Anonim Pdf

Ken Light and his camera were permitted unparalleled access to Texas death row. His stark, powerful images show where and how the condemned live. In the year he took these pictures, fourteen men were executed in Texas. Suzanne Donovan's essay draws upon her interviews with the condemned men and with prison authorities, family members, and members of victims' families. Whoever opens this book will want to look away, for the pictures and words force us to gaze intimately into the eye of death. Light's photographs make us ask what we have done in sanctioning execution. With ninety percent approval, no other place in America has approved the death sentence so overwhelmingly as Texas. Ken Light's raw, austere photographs and the accompanying text reveal what we have created in the hopeless world of court-ordered death. Who are the men who exist there? What do they look like? How do they survive, and what are the rhythms of their daily lives? While outsiders focus on the final act of execution, the real drama unfolds each day in this arcane world.