Big House on the Prairie : Rise of the Rural Ghetto and Prison Proliferation /
For the past 50 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 but is largely concentrated in rural southern towns. In...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | For the past 50 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 but is largely concentrated in rural southern towns. In 2007, John M. Eason moved his family to Forrest City, Arkansas, in search of answers to key questions about this trend: Why is America building so many prisons? Why now? And why in rural areas? |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 236 pages) : maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226410487 022641048X |
