Texas tough : the rise of America's prison empire

Texas tough : the rise of America's prison empire / Robert Perkinson.

In the prison business, all roads lead to Texas. This sweeping history of American imprisonment shows how a plantation-based penal system once dismissed as barbaric becomes the national template--and how that injustice can change.

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Main Author: Perkinson, Robert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Metropolitan Books, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Prisons > Texas > History.
Prison administration > Texas > History.
Prisoners > Texas > History.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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Summary:In the prison business, all roads lead to Texas. This sweeping history of American imprisonment shows how a plantation-based penal system once dismissed as barbaric becomes the national template--and how that injustice can change.
Physical Description:484 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-466) and index.
ISBN:9780805080698 (hc.)
0805080694 (hc.)

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