An Appeal to Justice : : Litigated Reform of Texas Prisons /

An Appeal to Justice : : Litigated Reform of Texas Prisons / / James R. Marquart, Ben M. Crouch.

How does a prison achieve institutional order while safeguarding prisoners' rights? Since the early 1960s, prison reform advocates have aggressively used the courts to extend rights and improve life for inmates, while prison administrators have been slow to alter the status quo. Litigated refor...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Crouch, Ben M.,
Marquart, James R.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1989
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1. Prison Order and Litigated Reform
  • 2 From Anarchy to Order
  • 3 Stability and Control, Texas Style
  • 4 Co-optation of the Kept
  • 5 Justice Comes to Texas Prisons
  • 6 Changing of the Guards
  • 7 Prisoner Crisis and Control
  • 8 A New Prison Order
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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