After nearly two hundred years of housing retardants, as they were once known, the Beechwood Institute is closing the doors on its dark history. Ella Jules, having arrived at Beechwood at the age of eight, must now rely on the state to...
Deinstitutionalization
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Auteur:Nocher, ShawnSommaire: -
Auteur:Jetté, BrunoSommaire:Roman choc traitant de la désinstitutionnalisation En 2004, ceux qui se prononçaient contre la désinstitutionnalisation se voyaient répondre qu’ils n’avaient pas de coeur. C’était vouloir garder les “fous” dans leurs geôles. Le...
- Auteur:Miller, Reuben JonathanSommaire:
Reuben Miller, a chaplain at the Cook County Jail in Chicago and later a sociologist studying mass incarceration, spent years alongside prisoners to understand the lifelong burden that a single arrest can entail. His work revealed that...
