SOC 3740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Solitary Confinement, Prison Officer, Michel Foucault
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Office hours: tues 11-12pm & thurs from 12:30-2pm. Lots of media reports in corrections: solitary confinement, females & indigenous people, drugs etc: drugs series of fentanyl exposures puts canadian prison staff on high alert - drugs continue to get in . Prisoners advocates push for access to laptops, tablets and internet : inquest into death of mentally ill prisoner finds staff unaware of schizophrenia diagnosis . You feel like a dog: solitary inmates get cramped exercise pens : former watchdog: mental health needs of women in prison not being met , prisoners making . 95 a day want a raise. Taxpayers want a break : canada"s prisons are the new residential schools , statements being made about prison being modern day slavery . Inmate demands (peaceful strikes) = actions taken for better treatment. Video: peaceful nonviolent protest for better conditions, nova scotia - it"s important that we continuously reviewed and look at ways to better the prison and the prisoners needs.
