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Social Science Criminology

Human on the Inside

Unlocking the Truth about Canada's Prisons

by (author) Gary Garrison

Publisher
University of Regina Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2015
Category
Criminology, Criminals & Outlaws, Volunteer Work
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889773769
    Publish Date
    Feb 2015
    List Price
    $29.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780889773783
    Publish Date
    Feb 2015
    List Price
    $17.99

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"A story of courage and boundless compassion." - Stephen Reid

In Human on the Inside, Gary Garrison takes readers out of their comfort zones and into "The Max," one of Canada’s most notorious and violent prisons, introducing us to a menacing yet vibrant subculture of inmates, guards, and staff.

Through personal stories, Garrison illuminates a criminal justice system that ignores poverty, racism, mental illness, and addiction and deals instead with society's problems with razor wire and harsh treatment. It is a system that degrades the individual and sees inmates as less than human.

Providing a counterbalance to fear-mongering about criminals, he argues that a dehumanizing system generates more crime, not less, and perpetuates another injustice, this time committed on behalf of all Canadians.

About the author

Gary Garrison worked for the Mennonite Central Committee for almost a decade, coordinating visiting programs in prisons. With a Ph.D. in English from the University of Alberta, he is a journalist and the former editor of Alberta Hansard. He lives in Edmonton.

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