This book provides in-depth, orignal and critical analyses by leading scholars of the penal systems of 16 nations around the world, focusing on changes in social structure, culture and punishment since 1975. Contributors provide an international and comparative context in which to understand the impact of recent profound economic, social and political changes on penal theory and practice.

This evocative and gripping investigative look into romantic relationships between incarcerated people and their spouses on the outside “is impossible to put down” (The Globe and Mail, Toronto). What is it like to fall in love with someone in prison? Over the course of five years, Elizabeth Greenwood followed the ups and downs of five couples who met during incarceration. In Love in the Time of Incarceration, she pulls back the curtain on the lives of the husbands and wives supporting some of the 2.3 million people in prisons around the United States. In the vein of Modern Love, this book shines a light on how these relationships reflect the desire and delusion we all experience in our romantic pairings. Love in the Time of Incarceration infiltrates spaces many of us have only heard whispers of—from conjugal visits to prison weddings to relationships between the incarcerated themselves. “A tour de force of empathetic nonfiction storytelling” (Vanessa Grigoriadis, author of Blurred Lines), Love in the Time of Incarceration changes the way you look at the American prison system and perhaps relationships in general. Previously published as Love Lockdown.

Sex in prison remains a taboo subject. This comprehensive volume explores prison sex, presenting original research on consensual and nonconsensual intercourse, as well as the effects of conjugal visitation policies and HIV/AIDS management.

This book examines the history and experience of programs for children of inmates. Section 1 discusses parental ties, emphasizing bonding and the father's role. Section 2 describes prison nurseries, day care and children's centers, parenting classes, furloughs, family and conjugal visits, community facilities, visitation policies, support services, and penal colonies. Focusing on legal issues, Section 3 discusses the best interests of the child and liability. Section 4 indicates matters raised by child psychologists which program planners should consider and offers recommendations for program implementation and research. Section 5 provides a comprehensive table of types of programs for inmate parents and their children, including prison nurseries, overnight stays, family and conjugal visits, children's and day care centers, parenting classes, and furloughs. The table also indicates the availability of community facilities for mothers and children, number of female inmates surveyed, and lists the names and addresses of surveyed institutions and programs. Also provided in Section 5 are Section 4-1116 (Preserving Parental Relationships) of the Uniform Law Commissioners Model Sentencing and Corrections Act, a list of individuals contacted by survey or for expert opinion, and a bibliography of the literature concerning programs for incarcerated parents and children. (RH)