Texas Tough : : the Rise of America's Prison Empire
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Prison heartland -- Plantation and penitentiary -- "Worse than slavery" -- The agonies of reform -- The penal colony that wasn't -- "Best in the nation" -- Appeal to justice -- Retributive revolution -- The triumph of Texas tough.
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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PUBLISHED
New York : Metropolitan Books, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 484 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780805080698
0805080694
SUBJECTS
Prisoners -- Texas -- History.
Prisons -- Texas -- History.
Prison administration -- Texas -- History.