Inside knowledge : incarcerated people on the failures of the American prison /

Inside knowledge : incarcerated people on the failures of the American prison /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Larson, Doran, 1957- author.
Imprint:	New York : New York University Press, [2024]
Description:	ix, 313 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Prisons -- United States. Prisoners -- United States. Imprisonment -- United States. Corrections -- United States. Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States. Corrections Criminal justice, Administration of Imprisonment Prisoners Prisons United States
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13385894

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Varying Form of Title:	Incarcerated people on the failures of the American prison
ISBN:	9781479818006 1479818003 9781479818051 1479818054 9781479818013 9781479818044
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In Inside Knowledge incarcerated people step forth as the primary witnesses and documentarians of the American prison's historical and ongoing defeat of the four cardinal rationales for the legal caging of human beings: rehabilitations, deterrence, containment, and retribution"--

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The Prison as Idea and Practice
Defeating Retribution, Fighting Accountability, Manufacturing 'Monsters'
Defeating Rehabilitation, Prison Resistance, and Transformation
Containment and Incapacitation's Collateral Effects
Defeating Deterrence: Debilitation, Abuse, and Diminished Futures
Conclusion: Charting the Path Forward.