PRISON CONDITIONS - AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL ROADBLOCK TO REHABILITATION (FROM CRIME AND JUSTICE, 1970-1971, 1972, BY J SUSMAN - SEE NCJ-27315)

• NCJ Number: 27340
• Author(s): R G SINGER
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 29 pages
• Corporate Author: AMS Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF PRISONS AND CORRECTIONAL PHILOSOPHIES IN THE UNITED STATES TO DEMONSTRATE THE EFFECTS ON PRISONERS OF PHILOSOPHICAL PRIORITY CHANGES OF THE REHABILITATION AND PUNISHMENT FUNCTIONS.

Abstract

MODERN PRISONS ARE EXAMINED WITH REGARD TO PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF THE PRISONS THEMSELVES AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS THEY FOSTER. BRUTALITY IN PRISONS AND COURT LITIGATION CONTESTING CONDITIONS IN PENAL INSTITUTIONS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.