01682cam a2200325 4500 626186370 TxAuBib 20100909120000.0 090413s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009014670 9780805080698 $35.00 0805080694 $35.00 TxAuBib Perkinson, Robert. Texas tough : the rise of America's prison empire / Robert Perkinson. 1st ed. New York : Metropolitan Books, 2010. 484 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-466) and index. 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. Drawing on convict accounts, official records, and interviews with prisoners, guards, and lawmakers, the author reveals the Southern roots of America's present-day prison colossus, in a sweeping history from the days of slavery to the present. 20100909. Prisons Texas History. Prisons Administration History. Prisoners Texas History. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2009014670-s.html sears https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2009014670-d.html sears https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2009014670-b.html sears BSBPL