Drawing on primary research in the USA, Canada, Australia, Ireland and the UK this volume provides a disturbing and provocative insight into the brutality of incarceration in 'civilised' states and its links to the revelations of torture and abuse in the 'war on terror'.
"A powerful and scholarly analysis of the modern penal context which locates the horrors of Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and Bagram Air Base firmly within a long western tradition of penal violence. Essential reading." - Professor Penny Green, Director, Law School Research Centre, University of Westminster
