Prisons in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century
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Prisons in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century

A Human Dumping Ground

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eBook - ePub

Prisons in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century

A Human Dumping Ground

About this book

This volume on penitentiary systems in the Americas offers a long-overdue look at the prisons that exist at the forefront of the ongoing struggle against drugs and violence throughout North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. From Haiti to Bolivia, the authors examine the conditions in these systems, and allow several common themes to emerge, including the alarming prevalence of lengthy pre-trial detention and the often abysmal living conditions in these institutions. Taken together, this comprises the first comparative overview of the use and abuse of prisons in the Americas.

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Yes, you can access Prisons in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century by Jonathan D. Rosen,Marten W. Brienen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & American Government. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Preface
  4. General Trends of Prisons in the Americas
  5. Broken Systems
  6. The Penitentiary System in Mexico
  7. Drugs, Crime, and Prisons in Guatemala
  8. Haiti
  9. Retribution vs. Reintegration
  10. Organized Chaos
  11. Drugs and Prisons
  12. A Special Kind of Hell
  13. Drugs and the Prison Crisis in Peru
  14. Beyond Overcrowding
  15. The Drug-Crime-Prison Nexus
  16. Prison Reform
  17. Selected Bibliography
  18. Index
  19. About the Editors