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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Charles Bright |
| ISBN: | 0472107321 9780472107322 |
| OCLC Number: | 34243034 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : the prison and its political contexts -- Prohibition, patronage, and profit : building the new prison at Jackson -- Scandals, probes, and purges : the politics of reform -- Uniform discipline and individual treatment : the new model of corrections and the Jackson riot of 1952 -- Dressage to dungeons : marking trajectories of change in modern penology. |
| Series Title: | Law, meaning, and violence. |
| Responsibility: | Charles Bright. |
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- Michigan State Prison -- History.
- Prisons -- Michigan -- Jackson -- History.
- Corrections -- Political aspects -- Michigan -- History.
- Michigan -- Politics and government.
- Michigan State Prison -- Histoire.
- Michigan State Prison.
- Prisons -- Michigan -- Jackson -- Histoire.
- Services correctionnels -- Aspect politique -- Michigan -- Histoire.
- Michigan -- Politique et gouvernement.
