Anna Pigeon is a 35-year old park employee with a broken heart that is the result of her past. On her day off she vanishes, never to return to her job. Her co-workers assume she's moved on because her cabin is cleaned out. But has she?.
Contains a selection of primary sources that examine all sides of the debate over prisons, discussing whether they are effective, how inmates should be treated, the issue of privatization, and inmate labor.
Discusses the history and philosophy of incarceration and examines conditions in American prisons and such related issues as prison reform, riots, prisoners' rights, and more.
Presents nine essays that argue opposing points regarding how prison inmates are treated, covering such questions as whether inmates should have the right to vote, whether prison labor benefits or harms inmates and the economy, and whether super maximum security prisons are cruel and inhumane.
Contains a selection of primary sources that examine all sides of the debate over prisons, discussing whether they are effective, how inmates should be treated, the issue of privatization, and inmate labor.
Argues that the United States' incarceration rate is a direct result of the nation's history of racial oppression, which has led to a more punitive society and a continuation of racial hierarchies.
