Sharon Shalev

Supermax (eBook, ePUB)

Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the rise and proliferation of 'Supermaxes', large prisons dedicated to holding prisoners in prolonged and strict solitary confinement, in the United States since the late 1980s.

Drawing on unique access to two Supermax prisons and on in-depth interviews with prison officials, prison architects, current and former prisoners, mental health professionals, penal, legal, and human rights experts, it provides a holistic view of the theory, practice and consequences of these prisons. Given the historic uses of solitary confinement, the book also traces continuities and discontinuities in its use on both sides of the Atlantic over the last two centuries.

It argues that rather than being an entirely 'new' form of imprisonment, Supermax prisons draw on principles of architecture, surveillance and control which were set out in the early 19th century but which are now enhanced by the most advanced technologies available to current day prison planners and administrators. It asks why a form of confinement which had been discredited in the past is now proposed as the best solution for dealing with 'difficult', 'dangerous' or 'disruptive' prisoners, and assesses the true costs of Supermax confinement.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134026746
• Artikelnr.: 38266965

Autorenporträt

Sharon Shalev is a Fellow at the Mannheim Centre for Criminology at the London School of Economics.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The Supermax Phenomenon 2. Solitary Confinement as a Penal
Strategy: A Brief History 3. Factors and Actors in the Rise of Supermax
Prisons 4. Ideologies of Control: Discourses on the Goals and Roles of
Supermax Prisons 5. The Bureaucratisation of Control: Prisoner
Classification and Placement in Supermax Prisons 6. Technologies of
Control: The Architectural Design, Physical Fixtures and Security
Arrangements in Supermax Prisons 7. Inside a Supermax: Daily Routines and
Prisoner Provision 8. The Dynamics of Control: Views from the Control Room,
Views from the Cells 9. Evaluating Supermax Confinement