San Quentin: The Evolution of a Californian State Prison

by Bonnie L. Petry

Book Overview

The coming of statehood to California in 1850 forced the authorities to face one immediately pressing issue: what to do with the many convicts who were pouring forth from the local county courtrooms... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0893704369
• ISBN13: 9780893704360
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Borgo Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"