Jessica Mitford

non-fiction, penal system, justice, crime, punishment

"I urge you to read Kind and Usual Punishment and to become angry... The accumulation, in this urgently important book, of case histories, anecdotes, statistics, damning quotes from prison authorities -- all researched and documented with Mitford's exhaustive dedication -- assaults the reaader, haunts one repeatedly with questions like 'Can this really be happening here?'" --Marcia Seligson (Los Angeles Times )

"An eye-opening look at the penal system. Although the documentation covers US penitentiaries, the issues raised apply in many other places. Funny how few people know what's really going on. Read it". --Henry W.Targowski (in Mark/Space ).

Recommended.

• Biograph -- Jessica Mitford

• Books by Jessica Mitford

Also see:

• Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault
  (1977)

External links:

Amnesty International
(concerned with political prisoners)

Drugs Peace Institute
(organisation concerned with the imprisoned victims of the drug wars... Adriaan Bronkhorst, president...
e-mail: spuistr2@dds.nl)

Of related interest:

• Justice, Law, & Ethics
• Social History
• World Issues

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