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  Title

  Texas tough : the rise of America's prison empire 1st ed.

  Author

  Perkinson, Robert.  

  Publisher:

  Metropolitan Books,

  Pub date:

  2010.

  Physical desc:

  484 p., [8] p. of plates :

  ISBN:

  9780805080698

  Copy info:

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    Call number	Copies	Material	Location
    HV9475 .T4 P47 2010	1	Book	Service Desk, 2nd Floor
    	1	Book, limited circulation	Service Desk, 2nd Floor

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  Texas tough : the rise of America's prison empire 1st ed.
  Perkinson, Robert.
  

  ISBN:

  9780805080698 (hc.)

  ISBN:

  0805080694 (hc.)

  Personal Author:

  Perkinson, Robert.

  Title:

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

  Edition:

  1st ed.

  Publication info:

  New York : Metropolitan Books, 2010.

  Physical descrip:

  484 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

  Bibliography note:

  Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-466) and index.

  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.

  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.

  Subject term:

  Prisons--Texas--History.

  Subject term:

  Prison administration--Texas--History.

  Subject term:

  Prisoners--Texas--History.

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ISBN:

9780805080698 (hc.)

ISBN:

0805080694 (hc.)

Personal Author:

Perkinson, Robert.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication info:

New York : Metropolitan Books, 2010.

Physical descrip:

484 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-466) and index.

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.

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.

Subject term:

Prisons--Texas--History.

Subject term:

Prison administration--Texas--History.

Subject term:

Prisoners--Texas--History.