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148 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520277342
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 14 September 2013
Description
Combining extensive interviews with his own experience as an inmate, John Irwin constructs a powerful and graphic description of the big-city jail. Unlike prisons, which incarcerate convicted felons, jails primarily confine arrested persons not ye...
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148 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520277342
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 14 September 2013
Description
Combining extensive interviews with his own experience as an inmate, John Irwin constructs a powerful and graphic description of the big-city jail. Unlike prisons, which incarcerate convicted felons, jails primarily confine arrested persons not ye...