The Prison of Democracy : Race, Leavenworth, and the Culture of Law

The Prison of Democracy uses a prison designed as a replica of the U.S. capitol building as a prism for understanding the relationship between prisons and democracy. As a historical and archival study of the federal prison system, this book examines the history of the racial carceral state and sugge...

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Main Author: Benson, Sara M. (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Oakland University of California Press 2019
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