NCJ Number
87121
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 10 Issue: 6 Dated: (1982) Pages: 481-492
Date Published
1982
Length
12 pages
Annotation
Although prisons and their residents have been subjected to much empirical scrutiny, one area has received very little attention, solitary confinement as a mechanism of social control in prison.
Abstract
This study reports the results of an investigation of the uses of punitive isolation, administrative segregation, and protective custody during the decade between 1966 and 1975, at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. Findings show significant fluctuations in the use of segregation. These changes were related to administration shifts at the Washington Department of Corrections. (Author abstract)