Prisoners of Isolation: Solitary Confinement in Canada

by Michael Jackson

Book Overview

What is it really like in 'the hole'? On what basis do prison officials employ the most drastic of carceral punishments - solitary confinement - and to what effect? Michael Jackson, lawyer, professor, activist, made a point of finding out.

Approached in 1974 by a group of prisoners in the British Columbia Penitentiary, Jackson listened to their stories, investigated, and became convinced that these prisoners were being held in solitary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802065147
• ISBN13: 9780802065148
• Release Date: December 1983
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher