Drugs, Crime, and Prisons in Guatemala

Authors

Tamara Rice Lave, University of Miami School of LawFollow

Document Type

Chapter

Publication Date

2015

Publication Title

Prisons in the Americas in the Twenty- First Century: A Human Dumping Ground

Abstract

This volume on penitentiary systems in the Americas offers a long-overdue look at the prisons that exist at the forefront of the ongoing struggle against drugs and violence throughout North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. From Haiti to Bolivia, the authors examine the conditions in these systems, and allow several common themes to emerge, including the alarming prevalence of lengthy pre-trial detention and the often abysmal living conditions in these institutions. Taken together, this comprises the first comparative overview of the use and abuse of prisons in the Americas.

ISBN

978-0-7391-9135-4

Publisher Information

Lexington Books, Rowan & Littlefield

Recommended Citation

Tamara Rice Lave, Drugs, Crime, and Prisons in Guatemala in PRISONS IN THE AMERICAS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (Jonathan D. Rosen and Marten W. Brienen, eds, 2015)