Prisons
By: Lauri S. Friedman, book editor.
Contributors: Friedman, Lauri S.
Series: Introducing issues with opposing viewpoints
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780737735789
Subjects: Prisons -- United States; Prisoners -- United States; Imprisonment -- United States; Prisoners of war -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-134) and index.
Table of contents: title: Do prisons help society?; title: Prisons are beneficial to society / David Muhlhausen; title: Prisons are not beneficial to society / Jeffrey Ian Ross; title: Prisons keep criminals off the streets / Robert Whelan; title: Prisons are filled with people who don't belong there / Jamie Fellner; title: Faith-based prisons are beneficial to society / Byron R. Johnson; title: Faith-based prisons should be illegal / Rob Boston; title: How should inmates be treated?; title: Prisons should use inmate labor / Rob Atkinson and Knut A. Rostad; title: Prisons should not use inmate labor / Kathy Kelly; title: Prisoner health care is inadequate / James Sterngold; title: Prisoner health care is too generous / Michael Crowley; title: What role should prisons play in the war on terror?; title: The military prison at Guantanamo Bay should be closed / Bill Press; title: The military prison at Guantanamo Bay should stay open / Michelle Malkin; title: The use of international prisons helps fight terrorism / Condoleezza Rice; title: The use of international prisons is illegal / Jennifer Van Bergen; title: The U.S. tortures its political prisoners / Eliza Griswold; title: The U.S. does not torture its political prisoners / Byron York.