The Cage of Days: Time and Temporal Experience in Prison

by K C Carceral, Michael G Flaherty, Michael G. Flaherty, et al.

Book Overview

Prisons operate according to the clockwork logic of our criminal justice system: we punish people by making them "serve" time. The Cage of Days combines the perspectives of K. C. Carceral, a formerly incarcerated convict criminologist, and Michael G. Flaherty, a sociologist who studies temporal experience. Drawing from Carceral's field notes, his interviews with fellow inmates, and convict memoirs, this book reveals what time does to prisoners...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231203454
• ISBN13: 9780231203456
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 9.0"