RACISM, PRISONS AND PRISONERS' RIGHTS

• NCJ Number: 16850
• Journal: ISSUES IN CRIMINOLOGY Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Dated: (FALL 1974) Pages: 3-20
• Author(s): C Reasons
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: University of California, Berkeley
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A DISCUSSION AND LITERATURE REVIEW OF INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN PRISONS, RACISM IN THE LAW, PRISON PROTESTS, AND PRISONER'S RIGHTS MOVEMENTS.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR EXPLORES SUCH TOPICS AS DISCRIMINATORY LAWS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICIES, THE DISPROPORTIONATE REPRESENTATION OF CHICANOS, BLACKS, AND NATIVE AMERICANS IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, RACE RELATIONS IN PRISONS, AND THE RISE OF CULTURAL AND ETHNIC PRISONERS GROUPS. PRISON REBELLIONS SUCH AS THOSE AT SAN QUENTIN, THE TOMBS, FOLSOM, AND ATTICA, THE POLITICIZATION OF PRISONERS, AND ATTEMPTS TO INVOLVE THE COURTS IN ISSUES OF PRISONERS RIGHTS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.