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The Marion Experiment long-term solitary confinement and the supermax movement

Title
The Marion Experiment [electronic resource] : long-term solitary confinement and the supermax movement / edited by Stephen C. Richards.
Publication
Carbondale, Illinois : Southern Illinois University Press, [2015]

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Additional Authors
Richards, Stephen C.
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 318 pages) : illustrations.
Summary
"The Marion Experiment combines academic research with personal accounts by prisoners to investigate solitary confinement and supermax prisons. USP Marion became a model for supermax prisons, with many other prison systems--in the U.S. and abroad--copying the special architectural and program innovations there"--
Series Statement
Elmer H Johnson and Carol Holmes Johnson series in criminology
Uniform Title
Marion Experiment (Online)
Subject
  • Prisons > Law and legislation > United States
  • Imprisonment > United States
  • Solitary confinement > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-300) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
  • Foreword: The phenomenon of USP Marion / Greg Newbold -- Introduction / Stephen C. Richards -- The politicization of the hole in Indiana and Missouri / Jon Marc Taylor -- The realities of special housing units in the federal bureau of prisons / Seth Ferranti -- Going to the hole in California: cauldron of solitude / Eugene Dey -- The boy scout in solitary at USP Lompoc / Brian Edward Malnes -- Long-term solitary segregation in the United States and Canada / Gregory J. McMaster -- Theorizing "marionization" and the supermax prison movement / Kevin I. Minor and Marisa M. Baumgardner -- Female prisoners and solitary confinement / Dennis J. Stevens -- The scene of the crime: children in solitary confinement / Christopher Bickel -- Colorado supermax study: what the critics say and the future holds / Russ Immarigeon.
  • Revisiting the mental health effects of solitary confinement on prisoners in supermax units: a psychological jurisprudence perspective / Bruce A. Arrigo and Heather Y. Bersot -- Doing hard time in the United Kingdom / David Honeywell -- Solitary confinement and convict segregation in French prisons / Martine Herzog-Evans -- Israeli maximum-security prisons / Lior Gideon, Dror Walk, and Tomer Carmel -- Conclusion: Rethinking prisons in the 21st century / Stephen C. Richards.
LCCN
2014015460
OCLC
ssj0001437283
Title
The Marion Experiment [electronic resource] : long-term solitary confinement and the supermax movement / edited by Stephen C. Richards.
Imprint
Carbondale, Illinois : Southern Illinois University Press, [2015]
Series
Elmer H Johnson and Carol Holmes Johnson series in criminology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-300) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Richards, Stephen C.
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