Golden gulag : prisons, surplus, crisis, and opposition in globalizing California / Ruth Wilson Gilmore.

Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called "the biggest prison building project in the history of the world."...

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Main Author: Gilmore, Ruth Wilson, 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.
Series:American crossroads ; 21.
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