Birkbeck, CH ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1690-9708
2010,
'Prisiones e Internados: Una Comparación de los Establecimientos Penales en América del Norte y América Latina (Prisons and Internment: A Comparison of
Penal Facilities in North America and Latin
America)'
, Caderno CRH, 23 (58)
, pp. 129-149.
![]()
|
PDF
- Published Version
Download (213kB) | Preview |
Abstract
The recent use of expressions such as “warehouse prison” in the U.S. and “concentration camp” in Latin America would seem to indicate that conditions of deprivation of freedom in both regions look more and more alike. The analysis presented here suggests that it is not so. Penal institutions in North and South America throughout six interrelated dimensions are compared: internal organization of the places, surveillance, isolation, supervision, administrative control and formalization of procedures. In North America, control is deep (persistent, intrusive and almost permanent); in Latin America, control is shallow (sporadic, indifferent and superficial). If in North America one speaks of prisons and incarceration, in Latin America it seems better to speak of judicial inmates and internment.
Item Type: | Article |
---|---|
Themes: | Subjects / Themes > H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare Subjects outside of the University Themes |
Schools: | Schools > School of Humanities, Languages & Social Sciences Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy |
Journal or Publication Title: | Caderno CRH |
Publisher: | Universidad Federal de Bahía |
Refereed: | Yes |
ISSN: | 0103-4979 |
Depositing User: | CH Birkbeck |
Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2010 11:50 |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 10:23 |
URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/11417 |
Actions (login required)
![]() |
Edit record (repository staff only) |