CRIM 3656 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Penitentiary Act, Essential Mix, Solitary Confinement
22 Apr 2017
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Forging the prison-punishment nexus: from the body to the soul. We looked at a wide variety of reasons that contribute to the connection between prison and punishment despite the years of research which conclude that it has been failing in its objectives. General reforms and the birth of the prison as primary modern form of punishment. Rise of the treatment era and the rehabilitative ideal emerged in the 20th century. Provides more substantiation for the resilience of the prison-punishment nexus. The prison industrial complex must be understood in a broader socio-historical context. Trends identified by the office of the correctional investigator: zinger also reports that while there hasn"t been a massive increase in imprisonment over the last decade, there has been a rise in the imprisonment of marginalized groups of individuals. Overrepresentation of indigenous peoples in prisons: extension and modern form of the residential school.
