Mass Incarceration on Trial
Download or Read eBook Mass Incarceration on Trial PDF written by Jonathan Simon and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Jonathan Simon |
Publisher | : The New Press |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2014 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781595587695 |
ISBN-13 | : 1595587691 |
Rating | : 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Mass Incarceration on Trial by : Jonathan Simon
Book excerpt: For nearly 40 years the United States has been gripped by policies that have placed more than 2.5 million Americans in jails and prisons designed to hold a fraction of that number of inmates. Our prisons are not only vast and overcrowded, they are degrading. Mass Incarceration on Trial examines a series of landmark decisions about prison conditions that has opened an unexpected escape route from this trap of tough on crime' politics. This set of rulings points toward values that could restore legitimate order to American prisons and lead to the end of mass incarceration.'