The Connecticut Prison Association and the Search for Reformatory Justice

by Gordon S. Bates

How a groundbreaking advocacy organization has helped shape Connecticut's criminal justice system since 1875

The Connecticut Prison Association and the Search for Reformatory Justice looks at the role the Connecticut Prison Association played in the formation of the state's criminal justice system. Now organized under the name Community Partners in Action (CPA), the Connecticut Prison Association was formed to ameliorate the conditions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081957676X
• ISBN13: 9780819576767
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 526 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher