Research Catalog

Title

The Barbados prison system : chronicles of incarceration , death, riots and reformation / Kim L. Ramsay.

Author

Ramsay, Kim L.

Publication

[place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2020.

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Details

Description

x, 321 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Alternative Title

Chronicles of incarceration, death, riots and reformation

Subject

• Glendairy Prison (Barbados)
• Dodds Prison (Barbados)
• Prisons > Barbados
• Prisons > West Indies
• Prison administration > Barbados
• Criminal justice, Administration of > Barbados
• Escaped prisoners > Barbados > History
• Prison riots > Barbados > History
• Prisoners > Barbados > Social conditions
• Women prisoners > Barbados
• Prison administration
• Prisons
• Barbados

Note

• Historical overview of imprisonment in Barbados. "Over 400 years of history beginning from the 17th century of the Slave Cage in Bridgetown to the prison fire of 2005 culminating with the current prison which is located at Dodds in St Philip".
• Cover title.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-317) and index.

Contents

The first forms of prisons -- The early years of Glendairy Prison -- Women in prison -- Prison inquiries -- Prison reform -- The perennial problem of recidivism -- The end of an era : the Glendairy Prison fire.

Call Number

ReCAP 21-6105

ISBN

9798690141875

OCLC

1225200378

Author

Ramsay, Kim L., author, copyright holder.

Title

The Barbados prison system : chronicles of incarceration , death, riots and reformation / Kim L. Ramsay.

Publisher

[place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2020.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-317) and index.

Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

ReCAP 21-6105