Rosen, Jonathan D. <br/><br/>
Prisons in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century :  A Human Dumping Ground. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (259 pages) 
 - Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century Series .
 - Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Content -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter One: General Trends of Prisons in the Americas -- Chapter Two: Broken Systems -- Chapter Three: The Penitentiary System in Mexico -- Chapter Four: Drugs, Crime, and Prisons in Guatemala -- Chapter Five: Haiti -- Chapter Six: Retribution vs. Reintegration -- Chapter Seven: Organized Chaos -- Chapter Eight: Drugs and Prisons -- Chapter Nine: A Special Kind of Hell -- Chapter Ten: Drugs and the Prison Crisis in Peru -- Chapter Eleven: Beyond Overcrowding -- Chapter Twelve: The Drug-Crime-Prison Nexus -- Chapter Thirteen: Prison Reform -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editors. 
<br/><br/> This book analyzes the prison systems in the Americas in the twenty-first century. Leading experts discuss the state of the prison systems in their respective countries, focusing on trends of overcrowding, high recidivism rates, harsh drug laws, human rights, and the relationship between prisons, drug trafficking, and organized crime. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780739191361 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Imprisonment -- America.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV8501 -- .P75 2015eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>365/.97