Prisoners of Isolation - 9780802065148

Prisoners of IsolationSolitary Confinement in Canada\nAuthor(s): Michael Jackson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9780802065148, 978-0802065148\nSynopsis\nWhat 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.\n\n 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 confinement under unlawful conditions and for arbitrary and unjustified reasons. He then helped launch proceedings on their behalf to have the imposition of solitary confinement in the [url] Penitentiary declared 'cruel and unusual punishment.' Jackson sets out the facts and legal arguments presented to the Federal Co.