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Solitary confinement -- United States.
Imprisonment -- United States.
Prisoners -- United States -- Biography.
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Solitary confinement -- United States.
Imprisonment -- United States.
Prisoners -- United States -- Biography.
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Hell is a very small place : voices from solitary confinement / edited by Jean Casella,
James
Ridgeway
, Sarah Shourd ; preface by Sarah Shourd ; introduction by Jean Casella and
James
Ridgeway
; afterword by Juan E. Méndez.
The New Press, 2016.
Call #:
365.60922 H476
Subjects
Solitary confinement -- United States.
Imprisonment -- United States.
Prisoners -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781620971376 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Voices from solitary confinement
Description:
xii, 226 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
A sentence worse than death / William Blake -- Living in the SHU / C.F. Villa -- Innocent in the eyes of the law / Uzair Paracha -- On the verge of hell / Judith Vazquez -- Supermax diary / Joseph Dole -- Writing out of solitude / Shaka Senghor -- Loneliness is a destroyer of humanity / Jesse Wilson -- A tale of evolving resistance / Todd Lewis Ashker -- Dream house / Herman Wallace -- A nothing would do as well / Thomas Bartlett Whitaker -- Weak as motherfuckers / Brian Nelson -- Scarred by solitary / Enceno Macy -- A fragile shell of who I used to be / Barbra Perez -- The freshman / Galen Baughman -- Because I could laugh / Dolores Canales -- Invisible / Five Mualimm-ak -- Psychiatric effects of solitary confinement / Stuart Grassian -- How to create madness in prison / Terry Kupers -- Solitary confinement and the law / Laura Rovner -- Torture of a student / Jeanne Theoharis -- The California SHU and the end of the world / Lisa Guenther -- Afterword: Exposing torture / Juan E. Méndez.
Summary:
"The United States holds more than eighty thousand people in isolation on any given day. Sixteen authors vividly describe the miserable realities of life in solitary. Former and current prisoners describe the devastating effects of solitary confinement on their minds and bodies, the solidarity expressed between individuals who live side by side for years without ever meeting one another face to face, the ever-present specters of madness and suicide, and the struggle to maintain hope and humanity. These firsthand accounts are supplemented by the writing of noted experts, exploring the psychological, legal, ethical, and political dimensions of solitary confinement, and a comprehensive introduction by
James
Ridgeway
and Jean Casella. Sarah Shourd, herself a survivor of more than a year of solitary confinement, writes eloquently in a preface about an experience that changed her life."--Provided by publisher.
Other authors:
Casella, Jean.
Ridgeway
,
James
,
1936-
Shourd, Sarah
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Adult Nonfiction
365.60922 H476
Core Collection - Adult
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Jul 04, 2024
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