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CHILDREN'S PRISONS - THANK GOD THEY NO LONGER EXIST FRANCE

NCJ Number
31449
Author(s)
J FRESCO
Date Published
1974
Length
108 pages
Annotation
REPORT ON A STRIKE BY MALE AND FEMALE RESIDENTS OF TWO COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL HOUSES FOR JUVENILES IN FRANCE TO AIR GRIEVANCES REGARDING THE RATIONALE, OPERATION, AND CONDITIONS OF THEIR INSTITUTIONS.
Abstract
GRIEVANCES CENTERED ON THE ALLEGED TOTALITARIAN, ISOLATED AND EXPLOITATIVE NATURE OF THE INSTITUTIONS, WHICH, DESPITE THEIR USE OF MODERN CORRECTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL TERMINOLOGY, REMAIN DEHUMANIZING PRISONS. INCLUDED ARE DENUNCIATIONS ISSUED BY THE JUVENILE RESIDENTS. --IN FRENCH