American gulag : inside U.S. immigration prisons / Mark Dow.

Author/creator Dow, Mark
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press
Descriptionxiii, 413 pages ; 24 cm
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Subjects
Immigrants--Government policy. --United States.
Human rights--United States.
Emigration and immigration law--United States.
Noncitizen detention centers--United States.
United States--Emigration and immigration. --Government policy.

Portion of title Inside U.S. immigration prisons
Contents Invisibility, intimidation, and the INS -- September 11: secrecy, disruption, and continuity -- Another world, another nation: Miami's Krome Detention Center -- "Enforcement means you're brutal" -- The world's first private prison -- "Keeping quiet means deny" : a hunger strike in Queens -- The art of jailing -- "Criminal aliens" and criminal agents -- Siege, shackles, climate, design -- "Speak to every media" : resistance, repression, and the making of a prisoner -- Good and evil in New England -- Out West: philosophy and despair -- Dead time.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 373-381) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2003026179
ISBN0520239423 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520239425 (cloth : alk. paper)

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