Big House on the Prairie: Rise of the Rural Ghetto and Prison Proliferation by John M. Eason

Big House on the Prairie: Rise of the Rural Ghetto and Prison Proliferation

John M. Eason

240 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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For the past fifty years, America has been extraordinarily busy building prisons. Since 1970 we have tripled the total number of facilities, adding more than 1,200 new prisons to the landscape. This building boom has taken place across the country...

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