Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire
Robert Perkinson, "Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0312680473, 0805080694 | EPUB | pages: 512 | 0.9 mb
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0312680473, 0805080694 | EPUB | pages: 512 | 0.9 mb
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.