Texas Prisons: The Walls Came Tumbling Down by Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Steve J. Martin

Texas Prisons: The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Steve J. Martin

289 pages first pub 1987 (editions)

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In this history of Texas prison reform, the authors note that for many years prison inmates were considered "slaves of the state," a situation that had been somewhat ameliorated by the 1960s, although the system remained brutal and repressive. Mos...

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