Texas tough, the rise of America's prison empire, Robert Perkinson
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Texas tough, the rise of America's prison empire, Robert Perkinson
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-466) and index
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Texas tough
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bibliography
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317928797
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Robert Perkinson
Sub title
the rise of America's prison empire
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
Table Of Contents
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
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