First available cell
Subtitle: desegregation of the Texas prison system
By: Chad R. Trulson, James W. Marquart ; foreword by Ben M. Crouch.
Contributors: Marquart, James W. 1954-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780292719835
Subjects: Prisons -- Texas -- History; Prison administration -- Texas -- History; Prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Texas -- History; Segregation -- Texas -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Broken barriers; title: An institutional fault line; title: 18,000 days; title: The color line persists; title: Cracks in the color line; title: Full assault on the color line; title: The color line breaks; title: 7,000 days later; title: Life in the first available cell; title: The most unlikely place.