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America's Jails is a rich and thoughtful book. A powerful condemnation of America's jail system, but more than that, a plea to reset the starting point for reform. Jeffreys' call to bring ethics into the policy debate and to ground change in a shared recognition of the inherent dignity of those incarcerated is a challenge to us all. -Sharon Shalev,Author of Supermax: Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement In this groundbreaking book, Derek Jeffreys demonstrates why the inhabitants of America's troubled jails are endowed with human dignity. Written by a scholar who has deep knowledge of philosophy and of jails, this work makes a unique contribution. -Michael B. Mushlin,Author of Rights of Prisoners, Fifth Edition

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Derek. S. Jeffreys is Professor of Humanities Studies and Religion at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. His work focuses on ethics and violence, and he has written books on Pope John Paul II, ethics and solitary confinement and ethics and torture.

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