Jacktown : : History and Hard Times at Michigan's First State Prison
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"Competing with the likes of Detroit and Ann Arbor, Jackson won the battle to build Michigan's first state prison in 1838. During the era of the "Big House" and industrial growth, the penitentiary's on-site factories and cheap inmate labor helped Jackson become a thriving manufacturing city. In contrast to Jacktown's beautiful Greco-Roman exterior, medieval punishments, a strict code of silence, no heat, no electricity and a lack of plumbing defined life on the inside." -- From cover.
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Great book! submitted by dave_472 on July 25, 2019, 2:41am This book is awesome and has a lot of history. The Author did a great job discussing how Michigan's first state prison came to be!
PUBLISHED
Charleston, S.C. : History Press, 2017.
Year Published: 2017
Description: 173 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1467135232
9781467135238
SUBJECTS
Prisons -- Jackson -- History.
Jackson (Mich.) -- History.