Total confinement : madness and reason in the maximum security prison /

In this rare firsthand account, Lorna Rhodes takes us into a hidden world that lies at the heart of the maximum security prison. Focusing on the "supermaximums"--And the mental health units that complement them--Rhodes conveys the internal contradictions of a system mandated to both punish...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Rhodes, Lorna A. (Lorna Amarasingham)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2004.
Subjects:	Solitary confinement > United States. Prisoners > Mental health > United States. Imprisonment > United States. Prisons > United States.
Online Access:	Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:	9780520937680 0520937686 1417525576 9781417525577 0520229878 9780520229877 0520240766 9780520240766 1597349615 9781597349611
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central