Metamorphosis: How to Transform Punishment in America
Robert A. Ferguson
Abstract
In the past few years, the need for prison reform in America has reached the level of a consensus. We agree that many prison terms are too long, especially for nonviolent drug offenders; that long-term isolation is a bad idea; and that basic psychiatric and medical care in prisons is woefully inadequate. Some people believe that contracting out prison services to for-profit companies is a recipe for mistreatment. This book argues that these reforms barely scratch the surface of what is wrong with American prisons: an atmosphere of malice and humiliation that subjects prisoners and guards alike ... More
Keywords: prison reform, prison services, American prisons, prisoners, prison guards, degradation, long-term isolation, psychiatric care, medical care
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2018 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300230833 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: September 2018 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300230833.001.0001 |
