Name: Non-Criminal Prisons
SKU: 64816892
Price: 624.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Arthur Griffiths
ISBN: 9789371469654

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Double 9 Books

Author

Arthur Griffiths

Year

2025

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6x14x2.5 cm

ISBN13

9789371469654

Non-Criminal Prisons

Arthur Griffiths (Author) · Double 9 Books · Paperback

New Book Imported to Taiwan

Delivery: 02 Oct - 12 Oct

NT$ 624

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Synopsis "Non-Criminal Prisons"

Non-criminal prisons examines the history and social consequences of confining individuals in penal institutions despite the absence of criminal convictions. Focusing on English debtor's prisons and military detention sites, the work scrutinizes systems that punished people for financial misfortune or wartime circumstance rather than legal wrongdoing. Beginning with a historical overview, the book traces how such imprisonment evolved and how societal and legal mechanisms supported these practices. The author reveals how these institutions often served the interests of creditors and governments at the expense of human dignity, illustrating the profit motives and corruption underlying their existence. He emphasizes the degradation and suffering endured by those detained without criminal cause, offering insight into the moral failures of the systems involved. By documenting notorious cases and notorious prisons, the book questions the ethics of punitive confinement in civil matters. It also illuminates the neglect of reform and the complicity of legal authorities in maintaining oppressive conditions. Through detailed descriptions and reflective analysis, the work challenges the reader to confront the injustices built into seemingly lawful detentions, casting a light on institutional cruelty masked as order.