Solitary confinement : lived experiences and ethical implications / David Polizzi.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Policy Press shorts. Research.
Main Author: Polizzi, David (Author)
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2017.
Series:Policy Press shorts. Research.
Subjects:
Solitary confinement.
Solitary confinement > Moral and ethical aspects.
Physical Description:v, 106 pages ; 20 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The experience of solitary confinement: some beginning reflections
  • A very brief history of solitary confinement and the supermax penitentiary
  • The developmental history of solitary and supermax confinement: toward a phenomenology of the state of exception
  • The Supreme Court, solitary confinement, and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment
  • From the other side of the door: the lived experience of solitary confinement
  • Some closing reflections.