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Punishment and Modern Society:
Probing the sociology of incarceration
David Garland argues that punishment is a complex social institution that affects both social relations and cultural meanings. Drawing on theorists from Durkheim to Foucault, he insightfully critiques the entire spectrum of social thought concerning punishment, and reworks it into a new interpretive synthesis.
American Gulag:
Inside U.S. immigration prisons
A dark investigation of prisons such as the Krome North Service Processing Center in Miami, the Corrections Corporation of America’s Houston Processing Center, and county jails around the country that profit from contracts to hold INS prisoners. It contains disturbing in-depth profiles of detainees.
The Discovery of the Asylum:
Social order and disorder in the New Republic
The 2002 reissue of this classic study addresses a core concern of social historians and criminal justice professionals: Why in the early nineteenth century did a single generation of Americans resort for the first time to institutional care for its convicts, mentally ill, juvenile delinquents, orphans, and adult poor?
Newjack:
Guarding Sing Sing
After being stonewalled by public officials, journalist Ted Conover becomes a corrections officer to gain access to Sing Sing, New York’s infamous maximum-security prison. Newjack chronicles life at Sing Sing from a guard’s perspective.
Punishment and Democracy:
Three Strikes and You’re Out in California
Three scholars follow the “Three Strikes” legislation in California, as it becomes policy across America. This book represents the first assessment of the Three Strikes policy and also examines the trend of implementing criminal justice policy via the initiative process.
In the Mix:
Struggle and Survival in a Women’s Prison
Boise State University Criminal Justice Department Chairman Dr. Craig Hemmens says In the Mix, “provides a wealth of information on about how female inmates deal with incarceration, and how their responses differ from those of male inmates. She paints a complete, textured picture of life in a women’s prison.”
Lockdown America:
Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis
A critical look at modern policing, the prison system, border patrol tactics, and the war on drugs. Parenti shows how politics shapes the policies creating law and order in America.
The Inmate Prison Experience
Hemmens and Stohr explain the growing incarceration rate, why minorities are disproportionately represented, and prison’s affect on inmates — all in a historical context.
Hard Time
Johnson uses personal stories of inmates to paint a historical portrait of prison life: how inmates cope; the realities of prison culture; the agenda of correction officers. Includes a lengthy discussion of current reform efforts, and prison conditions.
Web Resources
Founded in 1999, the Portland-based group advocates prisoner’s rights and reduced sentencing. The project publishes the Justice Matters newsletter and a series of incarceration fact sheets.
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU hopes a strongly worded opinion by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will prevent the Idaho Correction from retaliating against inmates who seek access to law clerks and libraries in preparing their legal defense.
Idaho Prison Population Statistics
In 2004 nearly 20 percent of the Idaho prisoners were young adults age 21 to 25. Less than 15 percent of the Idaho population had been convicted of violent crimes.
Nationwide, whites are 75 percent of the population but only 45 percent of the incarcerated. In Idaho, Blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans are over represented in prisons and jails.
This prominent conservative think-tank advocates the death penalty, redirecting federal grants to state and local governments to counter-terrorism, and “mandatory minimums” for violent criminals.
What do the Libertarians think about crime? The Cato Institute favors reforming federal sentencing guidelines, opposes the war on drugs, and fears further federal encroachment on natural liberty.
Idaho Department of Correction
Who is in charge? Where do all the prisoners go? Just how much is this costing me? Visit the website that answers those questions: the Idaho Department of Correction.
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