Central Prison: A History of North Carolina's State Penitentiary

by Gregory S Taylor and Gregory S. Taylor

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Gregory S. Taylor's Central Prison is the first scholarly study to explore the prison's entire history, from its origins in the 1870s to its status in the first decades of the twenty-first century. Taylor addresses numerous features of the state's vast prison system, including chain gangs, convict leasing, executions, and the nearby Women's Prison, to describe better the vagaries of living behind bars in the state's largest penitentiary...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0807174335

ISBN13:9780807174333

Release Date:April 2021

Publisher:LSU Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 7.7" x 9.2"

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History Social Science Social Sciences

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