{"product_id":"solitary-confinement-9781447337539","title":"Solitary Confinement","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy is solitary confinement used in today’s world? Does it help the rehabilitation of offenders? And how is policy affected by justification for the use of it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nThis book is the first to consider the history of solitary confinement and how it is experienced by the individuals undergoing it.  Using Merleau-Ponty’s concept of embodied subjectivity, it provides first-hand accounts of the inhumane experience of solitary confinement to provide a better appreciation of the relationship between penal strategy and its effect on human beings. Drawing on his own experiences as a Psychological Specialist in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and on those interviewed as part of the Guardian 6x9 project (http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/ng-interactive\/2016\/apr\/27\/6x9-a-virtual-experience-of-solitary-confinement), the author focuses on the phenomenology of solitary confinement to consider what the intentional aspect of this almost uninhabitable type of confinement says about a democratic society that continues to justify its use as a correctional strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nAiming to influence policy, the book fills the gap between the practice of solitary confinement and its implications, as well as the social attitudes that uncritically condone its use.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Polizzi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48281024856315,"sku":"9781447337539","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781447337539_8daa780c-0119-4347-81bb-dd54e3a706ec.jpg?v=1772483754","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/solitary-confinement-9781447337539","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}