Full Description
VOLUME 27, NUMBER 1 (2018) is a general issue featuring several articles examining aging, suffering and death behind the walls. This edition of the journal also features a section dedicated to "Continuing the Dialogue on Canada's Federal Penitentiary System" edited by Jarrod Shook, along with Prisoners' Struggles pieces and a book review. Published in English.
Contents
INTRODUCTION FROM THE ISSUE EDITORS
Penal Depth, Weight, Tightness and Breadth
Reflections on Aging, Suffering and Death Behind the Walls
Justin Piché and Kevin Walby ..................................................................1
ARTICLES
Growing Old in the Gulag
Gerald Niles ............................................................5
An Opiate Addiction Crisis Behind Bars
Charles N. Diorio ...............................................................................8
Hepatitis C and Me
Treatment and Cure
Charles N. Diorio.................................................................................13
Mass(achusetts) Incarceration of the Elderly
Morally Questionable, Costly and Unnecessary for Public Safety
Dirk Greineder ................................................................................17
Observations from Inside on Execution Day
T.A. Mahon-Haft ................................................................................55
Rehabilitation and Re-Entry
A New Vision
Shakkir Talib Mujahid................................................................................61
CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE ON CANADA'S FEDERAL PENITENTIARY SYSTEM
A Little Less Conversation, A Lot More Action
Jarrod Shook ................................................................................70
Inadequate Resources for and Access to Penitentiary Libraries Diminish Access to Justice and Transformation
Nellie Parr................................................................................86
On the Erosion of Rehabilitation
A Writer from Mission Institution................................................................................89
In Between Bouts of Depression and Apathy
Reflections from Riverbend Institution
1417 from Riverbend Institution................................................................................93
Effects of Long-term Incarceration on the Elderly
David W. Threinen................................................................................97
RESPONSE
Aging in Prisons
It Only Gets Worse
Susan Nagelsen, Charles Huckelbury................................................................................102
PRISONERS' STRUGGLES
Fighting for Improvements to the Experience and Outcomes of Incarceration
Prisoners United................................................................................105-107
Resisting Dehumanization
Books to Prisoners Seattle................................................................................108
Middle Street Publishing
Using Technology to Advocate from Inside a Federal Prison
Christopher Zoukis................................................................................113
InterNational Prisoners' Family Conference
Carolyn Esparza................................................................................117
Unusually Cruel: Prisons, Punishment, and the Real American Exceptionalism
by Marc Morjé Howard
Jason Warr................................................................................122
COVER ART
"Untitled" (front cover)
Muhammed Ansi.........................................................................................128
"Untitled" (back cover)
Muhammed Ansi ...............................................................................................128
