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The history of the Federal Penitentiary at Lewisburg / [John W. Roberts [and others]].
LIBRA HV9475.P22 L497 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Union County heritage ; v. 20.
- Heritage ; v. 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Federal Penitentiary at Lewisburg (Lewisburg, Pa.).
- Prisons.
- History.
- United States.
- Federal Penitentiary at Lewisburg (Lewisburg, Pa.)--History.
- Prisons--United States--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 136 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewisburg, Pa. : Union County Historical Society, 2006.
- Contents:
- Origins of USP Lewisburg / John W. Roberts
- Architecture of redemption: the federal prison at Lewisburg / Diana Medina Lasansky
- Evolution of prison philosophy/ Lois Huffines and Jeannette Lasansky
- Over time: a community within a community / Jeannette Lasansky
- Appendices: Staff of the Federal Penitentiary at Lewisburg on opening day: November 15, 1932
- Wardens of the Federal Penitentiary at Lewisburg
- Bureau of prisons and the penitentiary at Lewisburg statistics
- Renowned prisoners at Lewisburg
- Meetings and programs
- Awards and officers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-91) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 091712717X
- 9780917127175
- OCLC:
- 58831500
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