What Are Prisons For?
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Hindpal Singh Bhui argues that we need to look at who is sent to prison and why to disentangle reality from ideology and myth. Including the voices of prisoners, prison staff and victims, he asks whether prison is an institution for managing marginalized people, or if there is a better way to achieve the socially useful goals of prisons.
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This book is a lovely first introduction for me to the topic of penal systems. Hindpal Singh Bhui provides insights into the goals of prisons, the methods they use to achieve their goals, and the outcomes they produce. This short, digestible read has left me hungry to explore the questions to the answers the author has posed.