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The Prison Inside the Prison: Control Units, Supermax Prisons, and Devices of Torture
Publication year:
2003
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: "This issue brief charts the rise of control units, explaining why AFSC [American Friends Service Committee] believes they cannot be reformed but must be completely abolished" (p. 1). Topics discussed include: the "Marionization" of imprisonment; manufacturing madness; an evolving institution; inside the labyrinth; political prisoners in the U.S.; isolation, torture, and the international community; devices of torture; and turning the tide.