An Appeal to Justice: Litigated Reform of Texas Prisons

by Ben M. Crouch, James W. Marquart, James R. Marquart

Book Overview

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 reform has been the most significant force in obtaining change.

An Appeal to Justice is a critical tudy of how the Texas Department of Corrections...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292723806
• ISBN13: 9780292723801
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"