This interdisciplinary volume presents a nuanced critique of the prison experience in diverse detention facilities across Africa. The book stresses the continge
Over the last 30 years, a substantial literature on the history of American and European prisons has developed. This collection is among the first in English to
Prisons are on the increase from the United States to China, as ever-larger proportions of humanity find themselves behind bars. While prisons now span the worl
By examining the history of prison architecture in colonial Senegal, the book adds a new dimension to the processes and motives behind the production of archite
While visiting over twenty prisons as well as lockups in at least five different cities throughout South Africa, we found significant improvements had been made