
Prison Madness
The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It
By: Terry Kupers, Hans Toch (Foreword by)
Hardcover | 22 January 1999 | Edition Number 1
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Prison Madness exposes the brutality and failure of today's correctional system-for all prisoners-but especially the incredible conditions Andured by those suffering from serious mental disorders.
"A passionately argued and brilliantly written wake-up call to
America about the myriad ways our penal systems brutalize our
entire culture. Dr. Kupers not only diagnoses the problem, he also
offers a set of solutions. I hope this book will be read by all
concerned citizens and voters, for it conveys truths that are
vitally important to all of us."
?James Gilligan, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard
Medical School, and author of Violence: Reflections on a
National Epidemic
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"A chilling picture of how American prisons have become among the most barbaric in the world driving petty offAnders and dangerous people alike into madness. We must consider the madness of a public policy that routinely turns nonviolent offAnders into dangerous misfits who threaten our safety when released." (Joseph D. McNamara, research fellow, the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and retired police chief, San Jose, California)
"Dr. Kupers reminds us that cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of inmates-particularly those who are mentally ill-violates their rights, betrays our national commitment to decency, and jeopardizes the safety of our communities. A splendid book." (Jamie Fellner, associate counsel, Human Rights Watch)
"Prison Madness reveals the disturbing realities of prisons and jails as places of coerced refuge for poor and mentally disordered people. With this powerful and provocative analysis of the intersecting crises in the public mental health and prison systems, Terry Kupers shows us how to contest the racism and the criminalization of poverty that have helped to produce these dangerous dilemmas." (Angela Y. Davis, professor, University of California, Santa Cruz)
" . . . Kupers had free access and unfettered contacts that few outsiders are afforded, and has credibility that few outsiders can acquire." (Hans Toch, from the Foreword)
"Prison Madness--with its cogent analysis of our correctional system and the mental health crisis within it--can serve as a much-needed beacon." (Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health)
ISBN: 9780787943615
ISBN-10: 0787943614
Published: 22nd January 1999
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 336
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Country of Publication: US
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 24.0 x 16.1 x 2.61
Weight (kg): 0.55
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