Imprisoning our sisters : the new federal women's prisons in Canada /

Using extensive interviews and previously unexplored archival material, Hayman examines the work of the Task Force on Federally Sentenced Women and assesses the opening of the first three prisons. She questions the notion that prisons can simultaneously "heal" and punish, suggesting that t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hayman, Stephanie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2006
Temas:
Correctional Service Canada. > Task Force on Federally Sentenced Women.
Pénitencier de la Colombie-Britannique.
Correctional Service Canada. > Task Force on Federally Sentenced Women
Reformatories for women > Canada.
Women prisoners > Canada.
Prisons de femmes > Canada.
Prisonnières > Canada.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
LAW > Government > Federal.
Reformatories for women
Women prisoners
Canada
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prelude to a task force
  • A journey begins
  • Struggling for consensus
  • Facing the central conundrum
  • Returning to the cottages: abandoning the prison?
  • Edmonton Institution for women
  • Nova Institution for women
  • Shared birth, shared problems
  • Okimaw Ohci healing lodge: a healing prison?
  • The lessons learned.

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