SOC 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Major Crimes, Human Rights Watch, Solitary Confinement
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Darrell lechman: recap: overview of prison, trend is usa and canada: increased prison, punitive turn. Penal populism, decreased crime rate but increased use of prison. The process where political parties compete to get tough on crime. Population often thinks crime is out of control. What role does prison play in affecting crime: usa- prote(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of the pu(cid:271)li(cid:272), e(cid:454)(cid:272)lusio(cid:374), (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373) (cid:272)e(cid:374)tered(cid:374)ess. People (cid:449)ho ha(cid:448)e(cid:374)"t committed major crimes suffering for 25-life for burglary, theft: 1983: 643,371 prison population. Eradicate the concept that you are entitled to anything: critics: forms dangerous men who require more imprisonment, 10 hour days, feels like slavery. Making 90% of people inside wanna fight each other: they believe hard labour works best. Failure to communicate= no food, standing out in a field until 5/6am. 450 people bunk room living space by night, chained together by day: human rights watch: non profit organization.
