Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire

by Perkinson, Robert
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ISBN: 9780312680473
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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.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Perkinson, Robert
  • ISBN: 9780312680473
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.40 x 1.40
  • Number Of Pages: 512
  • Publication Year: 2010

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