Tall walls and high fences : officers and offenders, the Texas prison story / Bob Alexander. Richard K Alford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Bob, 1943- author.

Alford, Richard K., 1968- author.

Series:

North Texas crime and criminal justice series ; number 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoners--Texas--Biography--Anecdotes.

Prisoners.

Texas Prison System--History.

Texas Prison System.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxviii, 562 pages, 47 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations ;

Place of Publication:

Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Book is a comprehensive history of the Texas Prison system starting in the 1840s and coming up to the present, including the COVID-19 crisis. Focus is on the guards and administrators but all aspects are discussed"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"Punishment of the refractory"

"Muzzle the guard"

"Afraid they will kill Me"

"Until his body be dead"

"Just like anybody's grandmother"

"Only themselves to blame"

"put them on the spot"

"so he can better handle a shotgun"

"Before he whacks you"

"Guts, Heart

and six rounds"

"Not dealing with Sunday school kids"

"An Unwilling Pioneer"

"Violent Convicts Commit violent acts"

"nothin' left to lose"

"die an outlaw's death"

Appendix A. Fallen Heroes and Heroines

Appendix B. Talking the Talk: A Prison Glossary.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-57441-807-6

OCLC:

1229912876