23/7 : Pelican Bay Prison and the rise of long-term solitary confinement / Keramet Reiter.

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"Originally meant to be brief and exceptional, solitary confinement in U.S. prisons has become long-term and common. Prisoners spend twenty-three hours a day in featureless cells, with no visitors or human contact for years on end, and they are held entirely at administrators' discretion. Keramet Re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reiter, Keramet (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Pelican Bay State Prison (Calif.)
Solitary confinement > United States.
Prisons > California.
Prisons.
Solitary confinement.
California.
United States.
Physical Description:x, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Twenty three by seven
Twenty-three / seven
Pelican Bay Prison and the rise of long-term solitary confinement
Format: Book

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