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Central Prison : a history of North Carolina's State Penitentiary / Gregory S. Taylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Gregory S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Central Prison (Raleigh, N.C.)--History.
- Central Prison (Raleigh, N.C.).
- Prisons--North Carolina--History.
- Prisons.
- History.
- North Carolina.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- The Penitentiary Argument
- The Civil War Era and the Penitentiary
- Construction Begins
- Politicizing the Penitentiary
- Convict Leasing
- Completing the Penitentiary
- The First Two Decades
- The Explosive Powers of Fusion
- The Era of High Hopes
- "An Almost Perfect Law"
- George Pou
- O. Max Gardner
- The Depression Years
- Death Penalty Reforms
- The MacCormick Report
- Freedom
- Rights and Rebellion
- The Women Fight Back
- A Prison Union
- New Prison, Old Problems
- Overcrowding
- The Ten-Year Plan
- Corruption and Controversy
- Mental Health
- Isolation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 25, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Taylor, Gregory S.. Central Prison
- ISBN:
- 9780807174883
- 0807174882
- 9780807174876
- 0807174874
- Publisher Number:
- 40030501035
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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