What effects does the prison institution have on prisoners?

By smanderson1

  • Rhodes, Lorna A.. "Pathological Effects of the Supermaximum Prison." American Journal of Public Health95.10 (2005): 1692-1695. University of South Florida. Web. 14 Sept. 2014.

    This journal shows the effects maximum security incarceration has on an inmate through drawings and the meaning behind the drawing.One drawing depicts a man loosing his mind and going crazy, another shows a man with bars in his eyes to symbolize the way an inmate views everything through the eyes of prison, and the last picture illustrates a man seeming to me hugging a child, but the child is effected by the parents incareration as well.

  • Dhami, Mandeep K., Peter Ayton, and George Loewenstein. "Adaptation to Imprisonment: Indigenous or Imported?." Criminal Justice and Behavior 34.8 (2007): 1085-1100. University of South Florida Libraries. Web. 14 Sept. 2014.

    The authors of this journal believe that there is little correlation between pre-prison life and post-prison life. They also believe that America's 1st responce to crime is incarceration and they support this claim by comparing us to the rest of the world.

  • Clay III, William. "Female Initial Psychological Adjustment to Prison As Related to Ethnicity and Other Relevant Characteristics." Western Journal of Black Studies 33.1 (2009): 29-35. University of South Florida Libraries. Web. 14 Sept. 2014.

    Clay questioned the effect that women had entering prison their first time and whether race had anything to do with it. He concluded that one's ethnicity had little to do with the way women were psychologically effected during their transition from civilized life to a life of constant structure and strictness of being incarcerated.

  • Schnittker, Jason, Michael Massoglia, and Christopher Uggen. "Out and Down: Incarceration and Psychiatric Disorders." Journal of Health & Social Behavior 53.4 (2012): 448-464. University of South Florida Libraries. Web. 14 Sept. 2014.

    This journal tested and produced a lot of statistics on psychiatric disorder of inmates and can track their problems pre-imprisonment. They suggest that ex-inmates should be reintergrated into society safely and effectively.

  • DeVeaux, Mika'il. "The Trauma of the Incarceration Experience.." Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 48.2 (2013): 257-277. University of South Florida Libraries. Web. 14 Sept. 2014.

    DeVeaux recounts his time in prison and how he tried to resist becoming an inmate. He tried to maintain his identity through his 25 years instead of being summed up as a number in the system. He encountered many prison fights and murders as well as being put into solitary confinement, refered to as SHU or the Box. He tried to become more than a prisoner and tried to become a person in its own right.

  • Harner, Holly M., and Suzanne Riley. "The Impact of Incarceration on Women’s Mental Health: Responses From Women in a Maximum-Security Prison." Qualitative Health Research 23.1 (2013): 26-42. University of South Florida Libraries. Web. 14 Sept. 2014.

    Harner and Riley did a 2 part study on the mental health of women in a prison. The first part was an anonymous survey and the second was a group session where the inmates could speak with them and discuss their personal mental health. They concluded that women were effected negatively, positively or not effected at all by institution of prison.