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Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons Public Hearing 2: The Systemic and
Institutional Drivers of Abuse and Lack of Safety
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Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons Public Hearing 2: The Systemic and
Institutional Drivers of Abuse and Lack of Safety
Publication year:
2005
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Testimony from invited witnesses is offered regarding: "the rate of incarceration; overcrowded systems and facilities; the use of isolation and rise of the supermax prison; medical and mental health care failures that endanger individual prisoners and officers in the public health; and how corrections leaders can prevent the worst dangers and abuses" (p. 1). Transcripts are organized into the following areas: day one opening statements; prison population -- size and demographics, trends and context; day one personal accounts; expert testimony on overcrowding; expert testimony on isolation; day two opening remarks; day two personal accounts; expert testimony on the quality of medical care; expert testimony on the public health implications of health care in facilities; expert testimony on caring for the mentally ill; closing statement; and additional statements.