The Development Of American Prisons And Prison Customs 1776 To 1845
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: June 23, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781417964024
Subjects: Penology; Social Science / Penology; Non-Classifiable; Sociology; Novelty
First sentence: The traveler who passes Ossining, New York, upon the train can hardly fail to note the gray, bastile-like prison of Sing Sing, looming like a monolith beside the railroad track.