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“Jeffreys’ book represents a serious philosophical exploration of the damage caused to inmate’s inner lives by the practice of solitary confinement. The five chapters, which make up this excellent book, focus the reader’s attention on diverse aspects of this practice. … this is an important book about the workings of spirituality in dark places. Beyond his analysis of prison life, Jeffreys also suggests a useful and important political reading of the constitution of notions of criminality and normality.” (Maximiliano E. Korstanje, The Sociological Review, Vol. 63 (1), May, 2015)
"A powerful and thought-provoking meditation on the crushing effect of solitary confinement on human spirituality and creativity. Derek Jeffreys has written a brave and persuasive book that calls us to empathize and sympathize with those confined in these conditions, and in so doing to bring the mass isolation of prisoners to an end. This is an important and timely contribution to the current debate on the future of American penal policy and practice." - Sharon Shalev, Research Fellow, Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, UK, and Author of Supermax: Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement (Willan, 2009)
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Book Title: Spirituality in Dark Places
Book Subtitle: The Ethics of Solitary Confinement
Authors: Derek S. Jeffreys
Series Title: Content and Context in Theological Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137311788
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-30861-0Published: 18 March 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-45608-6Published: 18 March 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31178-8Published: 12 March 2013
Series ISSN: 2945-7394
Series E-ISSN: 2945-7408
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 204
Topics: Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Religious Studies, general, Religion and Society