Imprisonment

• Published in: Criminal law and philosophy Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 691 - 709
• Main Author: Noorda, Hadassa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law; Ethics; Imprisonment; Law; Law and Criminolgy; Legal History; Original Paper; Philosophy of Law; Prisons; Theories of Law; Prison; Alternative measures; Imprisonment; Legal protections and safeguards; Exprisonment

Criminal law theorists have for the most part neglected the question of why imprisonment requires special legal safeguards for those targeted. The few scholars who have addressed this question have focused on how prison facilities restrict freedom of movement, control over one’s daily life, and acce...