Imprisonment and internment: Comparing penal facilities North and South

Recent references to the ‘warehouse prison’ in the United States and the prisión-depósito in Latin America seem to indicate that penal confinement in the western hemisphere has converged on a similar model. However, this article suggests otherwise. It contrasts penal facilities in North America and Latin America in terms of six interrelated aspects: regimentation; surveillance; isolation; supervision; accountability; and formalization. Quantitatively, control in North American penal facilities is assiduous (unceasing, persistent and intrusive), while in Latin America it is perfunctory (sporadic, indifferent and cursory). Qualitatively, North American penal facilities produce imprisonment (which enacts penal intervention through confinement), while in Latin America they produce internment (which enacts penal intervention through release). Closely entwined with this qualitative difference are distinct practices of judicial involvement in sentencing and penal supervision. Those practices, and the cultural and political factors that underpin them, represent an interesting starting point for the explanation of the contrasting nature of imprisonment and internment

Federal prisons : a review of the work of the Federal Bureau of Prisons during the year ended ..., including statistics of federal prisoners and of federal parole selection and supervision /

Mode of access: Internet

Federal offenders : a review of the work of the Federal Bureau of Prisons during the year ending ... including statistics of federal prisoners and persons under federal parole and probation supervision /

Vol. for 1930/31-32/33 includes the Report of the Board of Parole.Subtitle varies.Report year ends June 30.Mode of access: Internet

A Description of the Arkansas State Prison Population

Report discussing the Arkansas State Prison Population, prepared by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, June 19, 1967

The jail: its operation and management.

Accompanied by "Instructors guide." (67 p.) Published: Washington, U.S. Bureau of Prisons; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off. [1973]Includes bibliographies.Mode of access: Internet