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The Resource Hell is a very small place : voices from solitary confinement, edited by Jean Casella, James Ridgeway, and Sarah Shourd ; preface by Sarah Shourd ; introduction by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway ; afterword by Juan E. Méndez

Hell is a very small place : voices from solitary confinement, edited by Jean Casella, James Ridgeway, and Sarah Shourd ; preface by Sarah Shourd ; introduction by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway ; afterword by Juan E. Méndez

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"The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture has denounced the use of solitary confinement beyond fifteen days as a form of cruel and degrading treatment that often rises to the level of torture. Yet the United States holds more than eighty thousand people in isolation on any given day. Now sixteen authors vividly describe the miserable realities of life in solitary. In a book that will add a startling new dimension to the debates around human rights and prison reform, former and current prisoners describe the devastating effects of solitary confinement on their minds and bodies, the solidarity expressed between individuals who live side by side for years without ever meeting one another face to face, the ever-present specters of madness and suicide, and the struggle to maintain hope and humanity. These firsthand accounts are supplemented by the writing of noted experts, exploring the psychological, legal, ethical, and political dimensions of solitary confinement, and a comprehensive introduction by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella. Sarah Shourd, herself a survivor of more than a year of solitary confinement, writes eloquently in a preface about an experience that changed her life. "--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xii, 226 pages
Contents
  • Supermax diary
  • Joseph Dole
  • Writing out of solitude
  • Shaka Senghor
  • Loneliness is a destroyer of humanity
  • Jesse Wilson
  • A tale of evolving resistance
  • Todd Lewis Ashker
  • Dream house
  • Herman Wallace
  • A sentence worse than death
  • A nothing would do as well
  • Thomas Bartlett Whitaker
  • Weak as motherfuckers
  • Brian Nelson
  • Scarred by solitary
  • Enceno Macy
  • A fragile shell of who I used to be
  • Barbra Perez
  • The freshman
  • Galen Baughman
  • William Blake
  • Because I could laugh
  • Dolores Canales
  • Invisible
  • Five Mualimm-ak
  • Psychiatric effects of solitary confinement
  • Stuart Grassian
  • How to create madness in prison
  • Terry Kupers
  • Solitary confinement and the law
  • Laura Rovner
  • Living in the SHU
  • Torture of a student
  • Jeanne Theoharis
  • The California SHU and the end of the world
  • Lisa Guenther
  • Afterword:
  • Exposing torture
  • Juan E. Méndez
  • C.F. Villa
  • Innocent in the eyes of the law
  • Uzair Paracha
  • On the verge of hell
  • Judith Vazquez
Isbn
9781620971376
Instance
Label
Hell is a very small place : voices from solitary confinement
Title
Hell is a very small place
Title remainder
voices from solitary confinement
Statement of responsibility
edited by Jean Casella, James Ridgeway, and Sarah Shourd ; preface by Sarah Shourd ; introduction by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway ; afterword by Juan E. Méndez
Contributor
Editor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture has denounced the use of solitary confinement beyond fifteen days as a form of cruel and degrading treatment that often rises to the level of torture. Yet the United States holds more than eighty thousand people in isolation on any given day. Now sixteen authors vividly describe the miserable realities of life in solitary. In a book that will add a startling new dimension to the debates around human rights and prison reform, former and current prisoners describe the devastating effects of solitary confinement on their minds and bodies, the solidarity expressed between individuals who live side by side for years without ever meeting one another face to face, the ever-present specters of madness and suicide, and the struggle to maintain hope and humanity. These firsthand accounts are supplemented by the writing of noted experts, exploring the psychological, legal, ethical, and political dimensions of solitary confinement, and a comprehensive introduction by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella. Sarah Shourd, herself a survivor of more than a year of solitary confinement, writes eloquently in a preface about an experience that changed her life. "--
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Dewey number
365/.6092273
Index
no index present
LC call number
HV9471
LC item number
.H45 2016
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1936-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Casella, Jean
  • Ridgeway, James
  • Shourd, Sarah
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Solitary confinement
  • Imprisonment
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
  • LAW / Civil Rights
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology
  • Imprisonment
  • Solitary confinement
  • United States
Label
Hell is a very small place : voices from solitary confinement, edited by Jean Casella, James Ridgeway, and Sarah Shourd ; preface by Sarah Shourd ; introduction by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway ; afterword by Juan E. Méndez
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Supermax diary
  • Joseph Dole
  • Writing out of solitude
  • Shaka Senghor
  • Loneliness is a destroyer of humanity
  • Jesse Wilson
  • A tale of evolving resistance
  • Todd Lewis Ashker
  • Dream house
  • Herman Wallace
  • A sentence worse than death
  • A nothing would do as well
  • Thomas Bartlett Whitaker
  • Weak as motherfuckers
  • Brian Nelson
  • Scarred by solitary
  • Enceno Macy
  • A fragile shell of who I used to be
  • Barbra Perez
  • The freshman
  • Galen Baughman
  • William Blake
  • Because I could laugh
  • Dolores Canales
  • Invisible
  • Five Mualimm-ak
  • Psychiatric effects of solitary confinement
  • Stuart Grassian
  • How to create madness in prison
  • Terry Kupers
  • Solitary confinement and the law
  • Laura Rovner
  • Living in the SHU
  • Torture of a student
  • Jeanne Theoharis
  • The California SHU and the end of the world
  • Lisa Guenther
  • Afterword:
  • Exposing torture
  • Juan E. Méndez
  • C.F. Villa
  • Innocent in the eyes of the law
  • Uzair Paracha
  • On the verge of hell
  • Judith Vazquez
Control code
ocn907190478
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xii, 226 pages
Isbn
9781620971376
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2015032805
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other control number
40026608309
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o907190478
  • (OCoLC)907190478
Label
Hell is a very small place : voices from solitary confinement, edited by Jean Casella, James Ridgeway, and Sarah Shourd ; preface by Sarah Shourd ; introduction by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway ; afterword by Juan E. Méndez
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Supermax diary
  • Joseph Dole
  • Writing out of solitude
  • Shaka Senghor
  • Loneliness is a destroyer of humanity
  • Jesse Wilson
  • A tale of evolving resistance
  • Todd Lewis Ashker
  • Dream house
  • Herman Wallace
  • A sentence worse than death
  • A nothing would do as well
  • Thomas Bartlett Whitaker
  • Weak as motherfuckers
  • Brian Nelson
  • Scarred by solitary
  • Enceno Macy
  • A fragile shell of who I used to be
  • Barbra Perez
  • The freshman
  • Galen Baughman
  • William Blake
  • Because I could laugh
  • Dolores Canales
  • Invisible
  • Five Mualimm-ak
  • Psychiatric effects of solitary confinement
  • Stuart Grassian
  • How to create madness in prison
  • Terry Kupers
  • Solitary confinement and the law
  • Laura Rovner
  • Living in the SHU
  • Torture of a student
  • Jeanne Theoharis
  • The California SHU and the end of the world
  • Lisa Guenther
  • Afterword:
  • Exposing torture
  • Juan E. Méndez
  • C.F. Villa
  • Innocent in the eyes of the law
  • Uzair Paracha
  • On the verge of hell
  • Judith Vazquez
Control code
ocn907190478
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xii, 226 pages
Isbn
9781620971376
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2015032805
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other control number
40026608309
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o907190478
  • (OCoLC)907190478

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