NCJ Number
16850
Journal
ISSUES IN CRIMINOLOGY Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Dated: (FALL 1974) Pages: 3-20
Date Published
1974
Length
18 pages
Annotation
A DISCUSSION AND LITERATURE REVIEW OF INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN PRISONS, RACISM IN THE LAW, PRISON PROTESTS, AND PRISONER'S RIGHTS MOVEMENTS.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR EXPLORES SUCH TOPICS AS DISCRIMINATORY LAWS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICIES, THE DISPROPORTIONATE REPRESENTATION OF CHICANOS, BLACKS, AND NATIVE AMERICANS IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, RACE RELATIONS IN PRISONS, AND THE RISE OF CULTURAL AND ETHNIC PRISONERS GROUPS. PRISON REBELLIONS SUCH AS THOSE AT SAN QUENTIN, THE TOMBS, FOLSOM, AND ATTICA, THE POLITICIZATION OF PRISONERS, AND ATTEMPTS TO INVOLVE THE COURTS IN ISSUES OF PRISONERS RIGHTS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.