Coal, Cages, Crisis: The Rise of the Prison Economy in Central Appalachia

Coal, Cages, Crisis: The Rise of the Prison Economy in Central Appalachia
ISBN-10
1479837156
ISBN-13
9781479837151
Category
History
Pages
328
Language
English
Published
2022-04-12
Publisher
NYU Press
Author
Judah Schept

Description

"As the coal industry has declined in Central Appalachia, prisons have emerged as a primary way that the state addresses the resulting crises of revenue loss, unemployment, and population decline. Grounded in fieldwork, archives, and official documents, this book examines how the prison came to shape, and take shape within, Central Appalachia"--

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