An edition of Texas tough: the rise of America's prison empire (2009)

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the rise of America's prison empire

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An edition of Texas tough: the rise of America's prison empire (2009)

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the rise of America's prison empire

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Metropolitan Books
Language
English
Pages
484

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Subjects

Prisoners, Prisons, Prison administration, History, Prisons, united states, Prisoners, united states, Strafvollzug

Places

Texas

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Cover of: Texas Tough
Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire
2010, Holt & Company, Henry
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Cover of: Texas tough
Texas tough: the rise of America's prison empire
2009, Metropolitan Books
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Table of Contents

Prison heartland
Plantation & penitentiary
"Worse than slavery"
The agonies of reform
A dream deferred
"Best in the nation"
Appeal to justice
Retributive revolution
The triumph of Texas tough.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
365/.9764
Library of Congress
HV9475.T4 P47 2009, HV9475.T4P47 2009, HV9475.T4 P47 2010

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
484

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OL23207705M
Internet Archive
texastoughriseof0000perk
ISBN 10
0805080694
ISBN 13
9780805080698
LCCN
2009014670
OCLC/WorldCat
317928797
Library Thing
9288661
Goodreads
7222829

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