Open AccessGridlock: chaos and confusion in our prisons
Author(s) -
Wayne Peter JM
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
public policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1744-540X
pISSN - 1744-5396
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-540x.2008.00501.x
Subject(s) - gridlock , confusion , overcrowding , prison , politics , economic justice , look ahead , political science , criminology , deadlock , law , law and economics , sociology , public administration , psychology , computer science , psychoanalysis , distributed computing , algorithm
Behind the headlines and political posturing, the prison system is in crisis, with inhumane conditions and overcrowding making a mockery of justice, argues Peter JM Wayne , who has spent over 20 years inside.