23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement by Keramet Reiter

23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement

Keramet Reiter

312 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction politics sociology true crime challenging informative slow-paced
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How America’s prisons turned a “brutal and inhumane” practice into standard procedureOriginally meant to be brief and exceptional, solitary confinement in U.S. prisons has become long-term and common. Prisoners spend twenty-three hours a day in fe...

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