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American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination Williams, Kristian Book 2006 A damning audit of the US record in underwriting human rights violations around the globe and at home, and about the centrality of rape, racism, and conquest to both the state and US national culture. Barred from Prison  Culhane, Claire Article 1979 An account of what occured inside the B.C. Penitentiary during a prison uprising in September 1976. Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement and Selective Outrage: What about the Others? Casella, Jean; Ridgeway, James Article 2011 Calls attention to the widespread use of solitary confinement with Bradley Manning as a specific example. Bradley Manning's Torture Commonplace In U.S. Prisons Ross, Sherwood Article 2011 The corrosive, solitary confinement being inflicted upon PFC Bradley Manning in the Quantico, Va., brig is no exceptional torture devised exclusively for him. Across the length and breadth of the Grea... Crime and Punishment in America: Why the Solutions to America's Most Stubborn Social Crisis Have Not Worked... and What Will Currie, Elliott Book 1998 Currie explores why being 'tough on crime' will only serve to exacerbate the problem. Deaths in Custody and Detention: Volume 33, No. 4 (2006) of Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict, and World Order Serial Publication (Periodical) 2006 A special issue on the investigation of, and inquiry into, deaths in custody and detention (including state hospitals and mental health, police and prison custody, and young offenders' institutions). ... Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. and the Aristocracy of Prison Profits: Six-part article Fitts, Catherine Austin Article 2006 Inside the Financial World, Government Agencies and their Private Contractors Lies a Hidden System of Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking and Rigged Stock Market Riches. The English Government and the Fenian Prisoners Marx, Karl Article 1870 On the treatment of Fenian prisoners. Forced Passages: Imprisoned Radical Intellectuals and the U.S. Prison Regime Rodriguez, Dylan Book 2005 The dramatic rise and consolidation of America's prison system has devastated lives and communities, but it has also transformed prisons into sites of political discourse and resistance, as they have ... The Fortress Economy: The Economic Role of the U. S. Prison System Lichtenstein, Alexander C.; Kroll, Michael A. Book 1990 The economic role of the US Prison System examined. History is a Weapon: Lockdown America in 22 Minutes Parenti, Christian Audio 2001 A talk by Christian Parenti, author of Lockdown America: Police And Prisons in the Age of Crisis, about the thirty year explosion in prisons in the United States, at the Stop The ACA(American Correcti... How Private Prisons Profit From the Criminalization of Immigrants: Lobbying for Lock-Up Carlsen, Laura Article 2012 How a nation uses its power to deny a person’s freedom has always been a critical measure of authoritarian rule. Massive incarceration based on race, ethnic origin or nationality, political beliefs, c... I Am Barack Obama's Political Prisoner Now: The Denial of My Parole Peltier, Leonard Article 2009 Given the complexion of the three recent federal parolees, it might seem that my greatest crime was being Indian. But the truth is that my gravest offense is my innocence. Imprisoned Intellectuals: America's Political Prisoners Write on Life, Liberation, and Rebellion James, Joy (ed.) Book 2003 Anthology of writings by imprisoned intellectuals. Incarcerated Inside Israel: Palestinians Tortured and Isolated Peebles, Graham Article 2012 Detention without trial, the presumption of guilt, denial of family visits, solitary confinement, torture, violent interrogation, and denial of access to appropriate health care, such is the Israeli j... An Interview With Noam Chomsky on Obama's Human Rights Record: Nothing Can Justify Torture Bailey, Eric Article 2012 America's human rights record under the administration of President Obama and the military intervention policies that have seen increased use during the Arab Spring. Intractable: Hell Has a Name: Life Inside Australia's First Super-Max Prison Matthews, Bernie Book 2006 A firsthand account spanning two generations of high-security confinement in the 1970s NSW Australian prison system. Jails for Jesus Shapiro, Samantha M. Article 2003 President Bush wants faith-based programs to take over social services. But what happens when evangelical Christians try their hand at running prisons? The Jericho `98 March: Amnesty and Freedom for All Political Prisoners Bloom, Steve Article 1998 Pushing for justice and freedom for political prisoners in the United States. Justice Behind the Walls: Human Rights in Canadian Prisons Jackson, Michael Book 2003 An account of the state of justice in Canadian prisons, weaving together the threads of correctional history, penal philosophy, landmark court decisions, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and legisl... Live From Death Row Abu-Jamal, Mumia Book 1995 A collection of prison writing by Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was sentenced to death in 1982 for the murder of a police officer after a dubious trial. Lock 'Em Up: The Prison State Yates, Michael Article 2010 Without a doubt, most of those enmeshed in the (in)justice system are not dangers to society and would not have been in it at all in a society that wasn't so racist and so shot through with every kind... Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis Parenti, Christian Book 1999 Why is criminal justice so central to American politics? Lockdown America not only documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing, prisons, a fortified border, and the federalization of... Make the Don a Museum of Horrors Diemer, Ulli Article 1977 A museum depicting what prison is really like might motivate us to demand radical changes to the way we deal with offenders. Mass Incarceration and Black Oppression in America: The New Jim Crow and Liberal Reformism Article 2012 The singular focus on mass incarceration as the embodiment of racial oppression has a purpose: it poses the fight for black freedom as a matter of "dismantling" that system, much as the civil rights m... Maximum, Minimum, Medium: A Journey Through Canadian Prisons Melnitzer, Julius Book 1995 Serving a nine-year sentence, Melnitzer documented his experience in three different prisons, along with his own introspections. Memoirs from the Women's Prison Saadawi, Nawal el Book 1994 Nawal El Saadawi was imprisoned in 1981 by Anwar Sadat for alleged "crimes against the State." She offers both firsthand witness to women's resistance to state violence and insights into the formation... Men in Prison Serge, Victor Book 1931 Victor Serge's novel based on his own experiences as a politcal prisoner.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Alexander, Michelle Book 2010 Argues that Jim Crow and legal racial segregation have been replaced by mass race-based incarceration as a system of social control. The New Jim Crow: A talk Alexander, Michelle Article 2010 Nothing short of a broad-based social movement can address this problem. Such a movement has to be multi-racial: Latinos and women, especially women of color, are the fastest growing segment of the pr... A New Way of Life and the New Underground Railroad: Making a Break for Freedom During the Era of Mass Incarceration Moore-Backman, Chris Article 2014 This radio documentary is the third segment in Truthout's serialization of Chris Moore-Backman's Bringing Down the New Jim Crow based on Michelle Alexander's book of the same name. The series explores... No Longer Barred From Prison Culhane, Claire Book 1991 An account of one individual's determined efforts to get inside prisons to see what is actually happening there. As her story makes clear, the penal system cannot tolerate such close scrutiny: she her... Obama and the Boy in the Metal Box: The Incarceration of John Walker Lindh Teitelman, Michael Article 2010 Clemency for John Walker Lindh would open up to public scrutiny an outrageous injustice that high officials in the Bush administration deliberately perpetrated on an American citizen after the 9/11 at... Obama's Liberty Problem: Why Indefinite Detention By Executive Order Should Scare the Hell Out of People Quigley, Bill; Warren, Vince Article 2010 The proposal to create a special new legal system by Executive Order will threaten the liberty of every single US citizen who is not in Guantanamo because it will damage the due process guarantees wh... One Thousand Years of Solitude: Life in the SHU Mariner, Joanne Article 2012 Indefinite solitary confinement: a large-scale experiment in sensory deprivation and social isolation. The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society Morris, Norval; Rothman, David J. (eds.) Book 1997 Thematic chapters explore a variety of aspects and institutions. The Persecution of Pvt. Bradley Manning: A Sick Game Lindorff, Dave Article 2011 The torture and prolonged confinement without trial of Pvt. Manning are the tactics of a totalitarian state. They are exactly what is done in countries like China, Iran, and Burma. The Prison-Industrial Complex Schlosser, Eric Article 1998 Correctional officials see danger in prison overcrowding. Others see opportunity. The nearly two million Americans behind bars "the majority of them nonviolent offenders" mean jobs for depressed regio... Prison Labor: Workin' For The Man: Article in Covert Action Quarterly #54, Fall 1995 Erlich, Reese Article 1995 Article analysing the roots of prison labour in America. Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor Herivel, Tara; Wright, Paul Book 2002 Essays on the cruelty and inhumanity of the American prison system. Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure Goldman, Emma Article 1917 The methods of coping with crime have no doubt undergone several changes, but mainly in a theoretic sense. In practice, society has retained the primitive motive in dealing with the offender; that is,... Prisons in Canada Gosselin, Luc Book 1996 Gosselin provides a political and historical view of the prison system and its inherent contradictions. He argues that the penal system is used by the State to maintain its authority. He remarks on co... Race, Incarceration, and American Values Loury, Glenn C., with Pamela Karlan, Tommie Shelby and Loïc Wacquant Book 2008 Glenn Loury argues that the extraordinary mass incarceration rate in the USA is not a response to rising crime rates. Instead, it is the product of a decision to become a more punitive society. He con... Rampant Racism in the Criminal Justice System Quigley, Bill Article 2010 The biggest crime in the U.S. criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African-Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much more aggressive way than white people. The Real War on Crime: The Report of the National Criminal Justice Commission Donziger, Steven R. Book 1996 A thorough examination of the American criminal justice system. The Rise and Fall of California's Radical Prison Movement Cummins, Eric Book 1994 A history of California's prison movement from 1950 to 1980, highlighting the role prison reading and writing played in the creation of radical inmate ideology. The Shocking Ways the Corporate Prison Industry Games the System Khalek, Rania Article 2011 The United States, with just 5 percent of the world’s population, currently holds 25 percent of the world's prisoners, and for the last 30 years America’s business entrepreneurs have found a lucrative... Solitary Confinement FAQ Rodriguez, Sal Article 2012 Solitary confinement is the practice of isolating inmates in closed cells for 22-24 hours a day, virtually free of human contact, for periods of time ranging from days to decades. Statement of Claire Culhane, Provincial Court, New Westminster, B.C. Article 1977 This is a statement by Claire Culhane in provincial court where she pleaded not guilty to a charge of trespassing on penitentiary land. Submission to the Sub-Committee on the Penitentiary Systems In Canada Hearings Article 1977 A list of recommendations on how to fix certain issues in the prison system. Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire Perkinson, Robert Book 2010 A history of imprisonment, race, and politics from slavery to the present, with an emphasis on Texas, the most locked-down state in the USA. The Unbelievable Inhumanity of Solitary Confinement And Punishment for as Little as Reading a Book Gottesdiener, Laura Article 2012 The majority of those in solitary confinement were given the punishment for nonviolent, low-level offenses such as having unauthorized books or disobeying an order or growing their mustaches too long. Unlocking Uncle Sam's House of Horrors: Smashing Plato's Cave Neville, Richard Article 2011 The effects of Wikileaks in showing the public what is really happening. Unruly Women: The Politics of Confinement and Resistance Faith, Karlene Book 1994 Investigates the ways in which women who transgress the social order are disciplined, punished, silenced and confined. Covers material from the witch hunts to contemporary discriminatory treatment of ... US Justice on Trial: Why Cameron Should Tell Obama to Get Stuffed Rodley, Yvone Article 2011 The US justice system and extradition treaty. The Violence of Incarceration Scraton, Phil; McCulloch, Mude (eds.) Book 2008 Argues that the revelations of extreme brutality perpetrated by allied soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo represent the inevitable end-product of domestic incarceration predicated on the us... When the Prisoners Ran Walpole: A true story in the movement for prison abolition Bissonette, Jamie Book 2008 In the months before they took over running the Walople maximum-security facility in 1973, prisoners and outside advocates created programs that sent more prisoners home for good. This account reveals... Why is Leonard Peltier Still in Prison? : Justice is 33 Years Overdue for America's Most Famous Political Prisoner Bollinger, Michelle Article 2009 Leonard Pletier is a political prisoner who has spent more than 33 years in U.S. prisons for a crime he didn't commit. Yemenis Have Moms Too: Michelle Obama, Open Your Heart Evans, Jodie ;Davis, Charles Article 2013 Abdurahman al-Shubati disappeared more than a decade ago, just 18-years-old and teaching abroad, separated from his family for the first time in life. Join us in calling on Michelle Obama to open her... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesJournal of Prisoners on Prisons The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons (JPP) is a prisoner written, academically oriented and peer reviewed, non-profit journal, based on the tradition of the penal press. It brings the knowledge produce... Sources LibraryTunisian journalist in desert prison could die from untreated asthma attacks Sources News Release 2010 Tunisian journalist Fahem Boukadous has been in extremely poor health since police arrested him on 15 July to begin serving a four-year jail sentence for covering protests in the Gafsa mining region o... Uyghur journalist and website editor sentenced to fifteen years in jail Sources News Release 2010 Reporters Without Borders said it was outraged at the harshness of a 15-year prison sentence handed down to journalist Gheyret Niyaz by a court in Urumqi, in Xinjiang province, China. From the Connexions ArchivesBulldozer Periodical profile published 1982 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1982 Intended as a vehicle for prison reform, Bulldozer publishes letters, poems and articles by and about prisoners in North American maximum security institutions. The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons Periodical profile published 1989 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 Odyssey Newsletter Periodical profile published 1982 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1982 The Odyssey Newsletter is published by a group of long term prisoners who "feel that prisons and the justice system in Canada must be changed through non-violent means." Odyssey Newsletter Periodical profile published 1981 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 This newsletter is published by "a group of prisoners who feel that prisons and the justice system in Canada can be changed by non-violent means." Rap About Prisoners Periodical profile published 1976 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1976 Representing people both inside and outside the prison system. Toronto Native Times Periodical profile published 1980 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1980 Covers a wide range of Native issues. |
