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Prisons : Houses of Darkness
Overview
A vivid look at the end of the line in the American legal system, where the rule of law gives way to the "correctional process". "Prisons: Houses of Darkness" reveals the astonishing lawlessness by which sentencing judges, prison authorities, and parole boards actually operate. It provides an eye-opening history of prisons and an overview of daily prison routine from Attica to Soledad-- much of it related in the inmates' own words-- which shatters the myth of rehabilitation and exposes the injustices of prison life. This is an urgent call for reform, a powerful case for applying the rule of law to the American way of punishment.
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- ISBN-13: 9780029234204
- ISBN-10: 0029234204
- Publisher: Free Press
- Publish Date: January 1978
- Dimensions: 8.19 x 5.34 x 0.59 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.61 pounds
- Page Count: 252
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