Texas Tough
The Rise of America's Prison Empire
New York : Metropolitan Books, 2010.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 484 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
In the prison business, all roads lead to Texas. A pioneer in criminal justice severity--from assembly-line executions to supermax isolation, from mandatory sentencing to prison privatization--Texas is the most locked-down state in the most incarcerated country in the world. Texas Tough , a sweeping history of American imprisonment from the days of slavery to the present, explains how a plantation-based penal system once dismissed as barbaric became a template for the nation.
Drawing on the individual stories as well as authoritative research, Texas Tough reveals the true origins of America's prison juggernaut and points toward a more just and humane future.
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.
Subjects:
Prisons -- Texas -- History.
Prison administration -- Texas -- History.
Prisoners -- Texas -- History.
Prisons -- Texas -- History.
Prison administration -- Texas -- History.
Prisoners -- Texas -- History.
ISBN:
9780312680473
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Crime Punishment Per | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-466) and index.