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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Clark, Robert, 1955-     Subjects     Clark, Robert, 1955-     Prison wardens -- Ontario -- Biography.     Prisons -- Officials and employees -- Ontario -- Biography.     Prison administration -- Canada -- Biography.     Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Canada.     Prisons -- Canada.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Clark, Robert, 1955-       by title:      Down inside : thirty...       by call number:      365.92 C594d     Search the Web     Clark, Robert, 1955-     Clark, Robert, 1955-     Prison wardens -- Ontario -- Biography.     Prisons -- Officials and employees -- Ontario -- Biography.     Prison administration -- Canada -- Biography.     Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Canada.     Prisons -- Canada.       MARC Display

Down inside : thirty years in Canada's prison service / Robert Clark. by Clark, Robert, 1955- Goose Lane Editions, 2017. Call #: 365.92 C594d Subjects Clark, Robert, 1955-   Prison wardens -- Ontario -- Biography.   Prisons -- Officials and employees -- Ontario -- Biography.   Prison administration -- Canada -- Biography.   Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Canada.   Prisons -- Canada. ISBN:  9780864929693 (pbk.) Description:  277 pages ; 24 cm. Notes:  Includes index. Contents:  Introduction -- A trip down inside -- A change of plans -- Living Unit -- The tragic life of Ty Conn -- Creation of the Millhaven Assessment Unit -- E Unit -- Discipline and punish -- Gladiator school -- Kingston Penitentiary -- Correct zero -- Pittsburgh -- Suicide in solitary -- Deputy Warden -- Conclusion: a culture of collective indifference. Summary:  "A personal memoir of author Robert Clark's three decades in Canada's federal prisons in Ontario, and a scathing indictment of bureaucratic indifference and agenda-driven government policies. In his thirty years of service, Clark rose from student volunteer to assistant warden. He worked with some of Canada's most dangerous and notorious prisoners. He dealt with escapes and riots, prisoner murders and prisoner suicides. He also arranged ice-hockey tournaments in a maximum-security institution, sat in a darkened gym watching movies with three hundred inmates, took parolees sightseeing, and consoled victims of violent crimes. He's managed cellblocks, been a parole officer, and investigated staff corruption. Clark takes readers down inside a range of prisons, from maximum-security Kingston Penitentiary to the Regional Treatment Centre for mentally ill prisoners and minimum-security Pittsburgh Institution. Down Inside compellingly challenges the popular belief that a "tough on crime" approach makes our prisons and our communities safer, arguing instead for humane treatment and rehabilitation. Clark responds to the recently renewed controversy about long-term solitary confinement, drawing from his own experience managing solitary-confinement units to discuss headline-making cases like that of Ashley Smith, and calls for an end to its overuse in Canada's prisons."--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 365.92 C594d Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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