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McWhinney, Rik, -2019.
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McWhinney, Rik, -2019.
McWhinney, Rik, -2019 -- Imprisonment.
McWhinney, Rik, -2019 -- Interviews.
McWhinney, Rik, -2019 -- Correspondence.
Prisoners' writings, Canadian.
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McWhinney, Rik, -2019.
McWhinney, Rik, -2019.
McWhinney, Rik, -2019 -- Imprisonment.
McWhinney, Rik, -2019 -- Interviews.
McWhinney, Rik, -2019 -- Correspondence.
Prisoners' writings, Canadian.
Prisons -- Canada -- Biography.
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The life sentences of Rik McWhinney / Rik McWhinney ; edited with an introduction by Jason Demers.
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McWhinney, Rik, -2019.
University of Regina Press, 2022.
Call #:
819.86 M177L
Subjects
McWhinney, Rik, -2019.
McWhinney, Rik, -2019
--
Imprisonment.
McWhinney, Rik, -2019
--
Interviews.
McWhinney, Rik, -2019
--
Correspondence.
Prisoners' writings, Canadian.
Prisons
--
Canada
--
Biography
.
Series
Regina collection.
ISBN:
9780889778979 (pbk)
Description:
xv, 367 p. ; 19 cm.
Notes:
Poetry, letters, essays, and interviews.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"Through poetry, letters, essays, and interviews, The Life Sentences of Rik McWhinney relates the harrowing experiences of a man who spent nearly thirty-five years in the Canadian prison system. Rik McWhinney spent thirty-four years and four months in
Canada
's federal penitentiaries
--
sixteen of those in solitary confinement. His incarceration began in the 1970s, as a system-wide war was raging over the implementation of penal reforms. Though he was physically confrontational during the early years of his imprisonment, resulting in his segregation and medical torture, McWhinney eventually turned to writing to combat the conditions of his confinement. The Life Sentences of Rik McWhinney collects his poetry, essays, grievance forms, letters, and interviews to provide readers with insight into the everyday life of incarcerated individuals, amplifying the lives and voices of a demographic that society would rather ignore. McWhinney relays the horrors of solitary confinement and provides a vivid account of the violence and psychological turmoil that he endured while incarcerated. Ultimately, McWhinney's words are an indictment of the prison system, a system that institutionalizes individuals, subjecting them to an environment that manufactures post-traumatic stress rather than fulfilling its mission of rehabilitation and reform."--Publisher.
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Demers, Jason, 1979-
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