Introduction: Defining Decarceration

The prisons have meanwhile evolved into holding pens for the country's poorest, sickest citizens- and become hot spots for bloodborne diseases like HIV and hepatitis C, which can be transmitted among inmates who participate in unprotected sex or share dirty needles for intravenous drug use. The...

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Published in:Social research 2007-06, Vol.74 (2), p.647-650
Main Author: Staples, Brent
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activists
Alcoholism
Alternatives to the Carceral State: A Panel Discussion
Blood diseases
Capital punishment
Childrens novels
Citizens
Councils
Criminal sentences
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Drug therapy
Drugs
Editorials
Evaluation
Hepatitis
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Imprisonment
Low income groups
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Political activism
Political participation
Politics
Postal codes
Prison administration
Prisoners
Prisons
Recidivism
Social aspects
Social policy
Staples, Brent
State government
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Summary:The prisons have meanwhile evolved into holding pens for the country's poorest, sickest citizens- and become hot spots for bloodborne diseases like HIV and hepatitis C, which can be transmitted among inmates who participate in unprotected sex or share dirty needles for intravenous drug use. The council's groundbreaking report, which was generally ignored in the press, called for the states to reinvent their corrections system's ('New Strategies for Curbing Recidivism,' 2005; Council of State Governments, 2005)-and to begin concentrating on policies that help drug addicts and the mentally ill forge new lives and stay out of jail.
ISSN:0037-783X
1944-768X
1944-768X
DOI:10.1353/sor.2007.0019