Prisons and Prisoners

Overview

"Disenfranchisement of Felons".Issues and Controversies on File.P. 225+. Hot Topics Table.

Prisons In America.(Contemporary World Issues). 1999. Hot Topics Table.

America's Prisons. (Opposing Viewpoints). 1997. Hot Topics Table.

"The Big Business of Private Prisons.". CQ Researcher. 1996. P. 710+. Hot Topics Table.

"Mandatory Sentencing". CQ Researcher. 1995. P. 465+. Hot Topics Table.

"Prison Overcrowding". CQ Researcher. 1994. P. 97+. Hot Topics Table.

Specific Resources

The Prison Issues Desk
A project of the Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC), provides information on prison issues such as women prisoners, political prisoners, control units, as well as prison news, and links to other prison activist organizations.

Private Prisons: the Prison Privatization Research Site
Chalres H. Logan, Professor and Associate Head of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, provides tables, charts, and figures; studies and reports; issues and arguments; and a bibliography on private prisons.

Prisoner's Rights
Provides information on the ACLU’s project to reduce prison overcrowding, reduce reliance on incarceration, and strengthen prisoners' rights through class action litigation and public education.

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