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Great Britain. Royal Commission on Criminal Justice. and Great Britain. Home Office. Research and Statistics Department., eds. Prisons and prisoners. London: Home Office Research and Planning Unit, 1994.

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Centre for Research and Documentation., ed. Prisons & prisoners' rights. Belfast (89b Glen Road, BT11 8BD): Centre for Research and Documentation, 1995.

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John, Townsend. Prisons and prisoners. Oxford: Raintree, 2006.

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Rafael, Ramirez, ed. Prison profiles: Classification of prisoners and prisons in Indiana. [Philadelphia]: Xlibris Corp., 2000.

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Howard, Davidson, ed. Journal of prisoners on prisons. Toronto, Ontario: the Journal, 1988.

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Heylin, Greg. Evaluating prisons, prisoners and others. Dublin: The Policy Institute in association with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, 2001.

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Sol, Chaneles, ed. Prisons and prisoners: Historical documents. New York: Haworth Press, 1985.

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David, Grant. Prisons: The continuing crisis in New South Wales. Annandale, NSW: Federation Press, 1992.

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1971-, Haslam Jason W., ed. Prisons and prisoners: Some personal experiences. Peterborough, Ont: Broadview Press, 2008.

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Engdahl, Sylvia. Prisons. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010.

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Engdahl, Sylvia. Prisons. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010.

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Sylvia, Engdahl, ed. Prisons. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009.

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Sylvia, Engdahl, ed. Prisons. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009.

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Guimier, Marthe. Prison vécue: Prisons imaginées au XIXe siècle. Lille: A.N.R.T. Université de Lille III, 1989.

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Pollock, Joycelyn M. Prisons and prison life: Costs and consequences. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Roth, Mitchel P. Prisons and prison systems: A global encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006.

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Lee, Settle Mary. Prisons. Columbia, S.C: University of South Carolina Press, 1996.

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Lee, Settle Mary. Prisons. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1987.

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NACRO. Prisons. London: NACRO, 1988.

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Warburton, Lois. Prisons. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 1993.

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Barden, Renardo. Prisons. Vero Beach, Fla: Rourke Corp., 1991.

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S, Friedman Lauri, ed. Prisons. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008.

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Gérard, Mordillat, and Galerie Lelong (Paris France), eds. Prisons. Paris: Galerie Lelong, 2014.

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J, Grapes Bryan, ed. Prisons. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 2000.

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Austin, Sarat, ed. Prisons. Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House Publishers, 1998.

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Roth, Mitchel P. Prisons and Prison Systems. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216001324.

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Prisons have undoubtedly changed over the years, as have penal practices in general, though more so in some countries than others. Prisons and prison systems have long been an overlooked part of criminal justice research, and as a result, limited material is available on many institutions. This comprehensive encyclopedia provides a historical overview of institutions and systems around the world, as well as penal theories, prisoner culture and life, and notable prisoners and personnel. Readers will find a plethora of information including material on such famous prisons as the Tower of London and Alcatraz, as well as on such topics as boot camps and parole. Other entries include Devil's Island, supermaximum prisons, Nelson Mandela, Pennsylvania system, and Amnesty International. Numerous appendixes list famous prisoners, prison museums, prison slang, and more.

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Bernstein, Alyssa G. Palestinian Political Organizations in Israeli Prisons. Oxford University PressOxford, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192846532.001.0001.

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Abstract Palestinian Political Organizations in Israeli Prisons examines the evolution and changes within the Palestinian Prisoners Movement and the structural opportunities and constraints that inform collective resistance today. Drawing on observation-based fieldwork and over forty interviews with ex-prisoners and additional interviews with lawyers and advocates, this book presents a sociological account of Palestinian prisoners in Israel—an important reflection of the wider Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The Oslo Accords, the peace agreements between the Palestinian Liberation Organization and Israel, transformed not only Palestinian politics but the entire prison environment. By exploring issues including the specific characteristics of women’s resistance, the effects of the Islamicization, new hunger strike strategies, consumerism within the prison, parenting children, and escapes, Palestinian Political Organizations in Israeli Prisons offers a fresh analysis of political resistance in Israeli prisons. Applying a social movement approach and drawing comparisons to other politically motivated prisoner groups, the book traces the effects of changes from the Oslo Accords through to today, including the Second Intifada, the split between Hamas and Fatah, the co-optation of the Palestinian Authority, and increasingly systematic prison management, explaining how these factors have affected life for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons and influence conflicts today.

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Kingsmill, Joseph. Prisons and Prisoners. Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2018.

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John, Townsend. Prisons and Prisoners. Capstone, 2005.

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Pollock, Joycelyn M., Matthew J. Smith, and Melissa Gibson Hancox. Prisons and Prison Life. Oxford Univ Pr (Sd), 1999.

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Knochel, Mary, and Rafael Ramirez. Prison Profiles: Classification of Prisoners and Prisons in Indiana. Xlibris Corporation, 2001.

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Snow, Kathryn, and Michael Levy. Harm Reduction in Prisons. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199374847.003.0017.

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Interventions intended to minimize the harms of injecting drug use, particularly drug overdose and exposure to blood-borne viruses, have a long history of implementation in some community settings but are frequently unavailable in prisons. The denial of harm reduction measures to prisoners who inject drugs violates their right to non-discriminatory healthcare, as well as other facets of international human rights law. Evidence is available from several programs in diverse settings which demonstrates that it is possible to implement many harm reduction interventions in prisons, that such programs can reduce the risk of drug-related harms, and that concerns regarding unintended negative consequences of such programs are often unfounded. This chapter provides an overview of the key harm reduction measures relevant to the prison setting, with a particular focus on the provision of sterile injecting equipment to prisoners via needle and syringe exchange programs, and on the provision of the opioid antagonist naloxone as first-line treatment for opioid overdose to people while in prison and on leaving prison. The chapter reviews the legal basis for providing these and other harm reduction measures to prisoners, outlines the evidence that supports specific interventions, and highlights topics on which further research is needed.

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Prisons and the Prisoner. Stationery Office Books, 2001.

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Prisons, Prisoners and Parole. W.Green, 2007.

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Wheatley, Michael, John R. Weekes, Andrea E. Moser, and Kathleen Thibault. Drugs and Prisons. Edited by John Wooldredge and Paula Smith. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199948154.013.14.

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This essay explores how illegal drugs are linked to imprisonment, especially in the United States. First, the chapter considers statistics that demonstrate how the high U.S. imprisonment rate is driven by the criminalization of substance misuse, despite the high incidence of drug use in the general population. Prison populations that include a mixture of drug users and drug dealers are virtually guaranteed to find ways of bringing drugs into prison, and the demand is increased by the desire to ease the pains of imprisonment. The illicit drug economy in prisons and the associated violence is a threat to the safety of both staff and prisoners. Discussed are ways drugs enter correctional institutions and the methods used to disrupt supply routes. Types of treatment to reduce demand are considered. The complex mix of issues affecting drug use in prisons means that a careful, balanced approach to care and control is needed.

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Dvoskin, Joel, and Melody C. Brown. Jails and prisons. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199360574.003.0006.

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There are many similarities between prisons and jails, especially in regard to the constitutional standard for mental health services. However, the differences are important to recognize in assuring that the unique needs of each kind of institution are met. Historically, jails have been used to hold defendants for trial, and to confine prisoners who have been sentenced for misdemeanors, typically for sentences of less than one year. In contrast, prisons are managed by state or federal governments and used for longer-term confinement of convicted felons, who generally serve sentences of one year or longer. Predominant among these differences is the very high degree of turnover in jail populations, resulting in dramatic increases in acuity of mental illness and substance misuse, significantly increased risk of suicide, and the increases in workload due to the much higher percentage of initial assessments. In contrast, prison mental health services are more often faced with the realities of serious and persistent mental illnesses, and the hopelessness that can come after years of incarceration and in the face of very long sentences. While prison mental health clinicians have more time with which to work, they also face significantly greater expectations for treatment that goes beyond crisis response and psychotropic medication. Distinctions between prisons and jails in terms of service delivery and the kinds of treatment challenges that exist in the long-term management of prisoners with serious mental illness are discussed.

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Crewe, Ben, Yvonne Jewkes, and Jamie Bennett. Handbook on Prisons. Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.

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Crewe, Ben, Yvonne Jewkes, and Jamie Bennett. Handbook on Prisons. Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.

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Skarbek, David. The Puzzle of Prison Order. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190672492.001.0001.

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The Puzzle of Prison Order presents a theory of why prisons and prison life vary so much. While many people think prisons are all the same—rows of cells filled with violent men who officials rule with an iron fist, life behind bars varies in incredible ways. In some facilities, prison officials govern with care and attention to prisoners’ needs. In others, officials have remarkably little influence on the everyday life of prisoners, sometimes not even providing necessities like food and clean water. Why does prison social order around the world look so remarkably different? This book shows that how prisons are governed—sometimes by the state and sometimes by the prisoners—is tremendously important. It investigates life in a wide array of facilities—prisons in Brazil, Bolivia, Norway, England and Wales, a prisoner of war camp, women’s prisons in California, and a gay and transgender housing unit in the Los Angeles County Jail—to understand the hierarchy of life on the inside. Drawing on theories from political economy and a vast empirical literature on prison systems, the book offers a framework for understanding how social order evolves and takes root behind bars.

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Van Baalen, Susan. Islam in American Prisons. Edited by Jane I. Smith and Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199862634.013.014.

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This chapter explores the gradual legitimization of the beliefs and practices of Islam in US prisons, analyzing the factors that led to the pronounced shift from “Black Muslim” to Sunni Islam over a fifty-five-year period (mid-1950s‒2010). An understanding of the history of prison Islam offers insights into the motivation of black Americans to embrace Islam and the reasons why correctional staff and the general public are suspicious of incarcerated Muslims. Program accommodations to protect prisoners’ religious rights are described to enhance the understanding of the complexities involved in providing a rich experience of Islam during incarceration and preparing prisoners for entry into the wider community of global Islam upon their release. A brief analysis of interactions between various factions—immigrant, black American, Sunni, Shia, Sufi, Salafi, and Wahhabi clarifies issues related to prison conversion to Islam and to the perceived extremist threat created by the mass incarceration of under-educated and marginalized. Muslim prisoners.

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Reid, J. Nicholas. Prisons in Ancient Mesopotamia. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192849618.001.0001.

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Prisons in Ancient Mesopotamia: Confinement and Control until the First Fall of Babylon explores the earliest historical evidence related to imprisonment in the history of the world. While many historical investigations into prisons have revolved around the important question of punishment, this work moves beyond that more narrow approach to consider the multifunctional practices of detaining the body in ancient Iraq. It is the contention of this book that imprisonment arose out of the desire to control and detain the body in relation to labor. The practice of detainment for coercion became adaptable to a variety of circumstances and goals, which shaped the contexts and practices of imprisonment. With time, religious ideology was attached to imprisonment. In one literary text, a prisoner was refined like silver and given new birth in the prison. The misery of imprisonment gave rise to lament through which a criminal could be ritually purified and restored to a right relationship with their personal god. Beyond this literary perspective, this work reconstructs how imprisonment and religious ideology intersected with the judicial process and explores the evidence related to the reasons behind imprisonment, the treatment of prisoners, and the evidence related to the lengths of their stays.

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Wooldredge, John, and Paula Smith, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Prisons and Imprisonment. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199948154.001.0001.

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The Oxford Handbook on Prisons and Imprisonment provides a rich source of information on institutional corrections around the world, covering the most critical issues facing both inmates and prison staff. The contributors offer theoretically informed and critical discussions of these issues that facilitate more objective and realistic assessments of related problems and their possible solutions. The handbook is the first original volume on prisons and prisoners to cover topics relevant to both the social and behavioral sciences with equal depth paid to each area. Focusing on the impact of these issues on the philosophies of incarceration (retribution, general and specific deterrence, incapacitation, and rehabilitation) is also unique to a single volume, providing a larger picture of their implications. Included are updated discussions of the always popular topics such as conditions of confinement and prisoner subcultures and topics that have taken or are destined to take greater priority in the field such as inmate victimization, special offender populations, prison programs, prisoner re-entry, and privatization. The handbook is divided into six sections corresponding to topic areas identified as major focal points of discussion and research in the field. As such, it provides a single source that bridges social and behavioral science perspectives, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of these topics while providing academics with a knowledge base that will more effectively inform their own research. For practitioners, particularly those in the treatment sector, the book provides an excellent overview of best program practices that are empirically based and research-driven.

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Lytton, Lady Constance. Prisons & Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences. Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2018.

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Staff, Great Britain. Prisoner Escorts Rules 1993: Prisons. Stationery Office, The, 1993.

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Prisons & Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.

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Prisons, Prisoners and the Law. W.Green, 1995.

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Gaucher, Bob. Journal of Prisoners on Prisons. University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Universite d'Ottawa, 1999.

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Lytton, Lady Constance. Prisons & Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences. Franklin Classics, 2018.

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Lytton, Lady Constance. Prisons & Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences. Franklin Classics Trade Press, 2018.

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Kilty, Jennifer M. Journal of Prisoners on Prisons. University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Universite d'Ottawa, 2010.

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