Hillyer A Wall Is Just a Wall

The Permeability of the Prison in the Twentieth-Century United States
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-4780-2588-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

Focusing on gubernatorial clemency, furlough, and conjugal visits in states ranging from Mississippi to Massachusetts, Reiko Hillyer examines the origins and decline of practices that allowed incarcerated people to occasionally experience life beyond prison walls.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hillyer, Reiko

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Part I. The Boundaries of Mercy: Clemency, Jim Crow, and Mass Incarceration
1. Clemency in the Age of Jim Crow: Mercy and White Supremacy 27
2. Freedom Struggles: Clemency Hangs in the Balance in the Wake of the Civil Rights Movement 46
3. The House of the Dying: The Decline of Clemency under the New Jim Crow 65
Part II. Strange Bedfellows: Conjugal Visits, Belonging, and Social Death
4. Southern Hospitality: The Rise of Conjugal Visits 89
5. “It’s Something We Must Do”: The National Reach of Conjugal Visits 109
6. “Daddy Is in Prison”: The Decline of Conjugal Visits and the Strange Career of Family Values 129
Part III. Weekend Passes: Furloughs and the Risks of Freedom
7. “To Rub Elbows with Freedom”: Temporary Release in the Jim Crow South 13
8. Conquering Prison Walls: Furloughs at the Crossroads of the Rehabilitative Ideal 174
9. The End of Redemption: Willie Horton and Moral Panic 194
Epilogue 213
Notes 229
Bibliography 303
Index 335

Über Autor(innen)

Reiko Hillyer is Associate Professor of History at Lewis & Clark College and the author of Designing Dixie: Tourism, Memory, and Urban Space in the New South.