Browsing W&L Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability by Subject "Imprisonment"
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The Incarceration Addiction: A Toxic, Symbiotic Relationship and an Ethical Response
This paper examines the interlocking factors in the toxic, symbiotic relationship between addiction and incarceration. It begins by discussing the “War on Drugs” that heralded the globally unprecedented swelling of the ... -
Jails Have Become the Poor Person's Mental Hospital: The Intersection Between Drug Use and Mental Illness
Most countries have laws criminalizing drug use and the United States is no exception. Because of the social costs of drug abuse, legislation aimed at deterring drug use through criminal sanctions may be appropriate on ... -
Just Incarceration: A Moral Evaluation of Solitary Confinement
I will start by building an ethical framework for what constitutes just incarceration. Next, I will perform an in-depth analysis of the effects of the conditions of supermax prisons. For this analysis, I will synthesize ...