Human on the Inside : Unlocking the Truth about Canada's Prisons

Garrison, Gary

ISBN 10: 0889773769 / ISBN 13: 9780889773769

Published by University of Regina Press, 2014

About this Item

241 pp.

Seller Inventory # B0632

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human on the Inside : Unlocking the Truth about Canada's Prisons
• Publisher: University of Regina Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0889773769
• ISBN 13: 9780889773769
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Law
  • Canadiana

About this title

Synopsis

In Human on the Inside Gary Garrison takes readers out of their comfort zones and into "The Max," one of Canada's most notorious and violent prisons, introducing us to a vibrant subculture of inmates, guards, and staff. Through personal stories, Garrison illuminates a criminal justice system that ignores poverty, racism, mental illness, and addiction and deals instead with society's problems with razor wire and harsh treatment. It is a system that degrades the individual and sees inmates as less than human. Providing a counterbalance to fear-mongering about criminals, he argues that a dehumanizing system generates more crime, not less, and perpetuates another injustice, this time committed on behalf of all Canadians.

About the Author

Gary Garrison is the author of Human on the Inside: Unlocking the Truth about Canadian Prisons, holds a PhD in English from the University of Alberta, and was Editor of Alberta Hansard. He lives in Edmonton.