Lisa Guenther
Solitary Confinement
- ISBN 13:
- 9780816679591
- author:
- Lisa Guenther
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 368
- Dimensions:
- 13.97 x 2.54 x 21.59 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Criminology,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Solitary Confinement: A Death-in-Life Experience Prolonged solitary confinement has become a widespread practice in US prisons, despite its devastating effects on prisoners' mental and physical health. In this thought-provoking book, Lisa Guenther examines the impact of solitary confinement from the early nineteenth century to today's supermax prisons. Guenther argues that solitary confinement is not just a form of punishment, but a kind of social death. By isolating prisoners for extended periods, it undermines their sense of identity and ability to understand the world. Drawing on the testimony of prisoners and the work of philosophers and social activists, Guenther reveals the real effects of this practice and its assault on being. This book is a searing indictment of the devastating consequences of solitary confinement, shedding light on what it means to be human when we separate individuals from all other people.
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