A Country Called Prison: Mass Incarceration and the Making of a New Nation

by Mary Looman, John Carl, John D. Carl

Book Overview

The United States is the world leader in incarcerating citizens. 707 people out of every 100,000 are imprisoned. If those currently incarcerated in the US prison system were a country, it would be the 102nd most populated nation in the world. Aside from looking at the numbers, if we could look at prison from a new viewpoint, as its own country rather than an institution made up of walls and wires, policies and procedures, and legal statutes, what...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190211032
• ISBN13: 9780190211035
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.5"