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What is it really like in 'the hole'? On what basis do prison officials employ the most drastic of carceral punishments â solitary confinement â and to what effect? Michael Jackson, lawyer, professor, activist, made a point of finding. It is clear from his findings that prison officials continue to violate human rights.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Solitary Confinement and the Rise of the Penitentiary
- 2. The Evolution of Penitentiary Discipline in Canada
- 3. Solitary Confinement in the Age of Corrections: Cruel and Unusual Punishment in the Twentieth Century
- 4. McCann v. The Queen: The Structure of the Legal Argument
- 5. The Penitentiaries' Response to the McCann Case: Canada's New Prisons of Isolation
- 6. A Model for Reform
- 7. The Case for Entrenchment of Prisoners' Rights
- Appendix Model Segregation Code
- Notes
- Index