{"product_id":"9781978823785-way-down-in-the-hole","title":"Way Down in the Hole","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRace, Intimacy, and the Reproduction of Racial Ideologies in Solitary Confinement\u003cbr\u003eBased on ethnographic observations and interviews with inmates, correctional officers, and civilian staff conducted in solitary confinement units, \u003cem\u003eWay Down in the Hole\u003c\/em\u003e explores the myriad ways in which daily, intimate interactions between those locked up twenty-four hours a day and correctional officers produce hegemonic racial ideologies.\u003cbr\u003eBased on ethnographic observations and interviews with prisoners, correctional officers, and civilian staff conducted in solitary confinement units, \u003ci\u003eWay Down in the Hole\u003c\/i\u003e explores the myriad ways in which daily, intimate interactions between those locked up twenty-four hours a day and the correctional officers charged with their care, custody, and control produce and reproduce hegemonic racial ideologies. Smith and Hattery explore the outcome of building prisons in rural, economically depressed communities, staffing them with white people who live in and around these communities, filling them with Black and brown bodies from urban areas and then designing the structure of solitary confinement units such that the most private, intimate daily bodily functions take place in very public ways. Under these conditions, it shouldn’t be surprising, but is rarely considered, that such daily interactions produce and reproduce white racial resentment among many correctional officers and fuel the racialized tensions that prisoners often describe as the worst forms of dehumanization. \u003ci\u003eWay Down in the Hole\u003c\/i\u003e concludes with recommendations for reducing the use of solitary confinement, reforming its use in a limited context, and most importantly, creating an environment in which prisoners and staff co-exist in ways that recognize their individual humanity and reduce rather than reproduce racial antagonisms and racial resentment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWay Down the Hole\u003c\/i\u003e Video 1 (https:\/\/youtu.be\/UuAB63fhge0)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWay Down the Hole\u003c\/i\u003e Video 2 (https:\/\/youtu.be\/TwEuw1cTrcQ)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWay Down the Hole\u003c\/i\u003e Video 3 (https:\/\/youtu.be\/bOcBv_UnHIs​)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWay Down the Hole\u003c\/i\u003e Video 4 (https:\/\/youtu.be\/cx_l1S8D77c)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55418392871286,"sku":"9781978823785","price":27.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_37624387_b0627340-91c4-4651-8dd0-a53a399e2cb4.jpg?v=1762224119","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781978823785-way-down-in-the-hole","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}