Voices from Captivity

Incarceration from Siberia to Guantánamo Bay

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

341 kr

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Beskrivning

Bringing together a range of first-hand testimonies of captives, this personal and arresting collection provides an overview of what life inside is actually like. Drawing on memoirs of captives - including those imprisoned for stealing money, murder, illegal protest or no reason at all - this book presents the universal experience of being incarcerated and brings to life the humanity of those behind locked doors.Tracing the career of the captive from the moment the door is first locked behind them, to analysis of the oddities of relationships developed in prison and how the deprivation of sex is dealt with, the book then reflects on the cruelties faced while inside, and concludes by looking at the problems faced when the supposedly happy day of release finally arrives. These insightful accounts help empathise and reflect on the impact of prison practices on inmates.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-07-19
Mått:154 x 228 x 25 mm
Vikt:624 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:432
Förlag:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN:9781785924989

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Mer om författaren

J E Thomas is Robert Peers Professor Emeritus of Adult Education at the University of Nottingham. He has over 50 years' experience working with prisoners including working in Zambia, as Governor in HM Prison Service and a consultant in the UK and Australia.

Recensioner i media

This book uses the words of prisoners of all varieties - criminal, political, wartime - to give a moving flavour of life in confinement. It should be read by all those with an interest in penology, by those responsible for administering a penal system, and by those of us in whose name imprisonment is inflicted on others.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. On being locked up; 2. Settling down; 3. A community?; 4. Dealing with the staff; 5. Prisoners in authority; 6. The world of communication; 7. The studied organisation of cruelty; 8. Cruel and unusual punishment; 9. Sex and the captive; 10. Political prisoners; 11. On freedom; Bibliography

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Hilfsmechanismen des Stoffwechsels I

E. Letterer, H. W. Knipping, U. C. Luft, H. Ott, W. Schroedel, J. E. Thomas, H. Bennhold, W. Bolt, F. Büchner, M. H. F. Friedman, W. Giese, Franz Grosse-Brockhoff, H. Heinlein, E. Jeckeln