Con Game: The Truth about Canada's Prisons

by Michael Harris

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Michael Harris's book about life inside prison is hard-hitting, hair-raising, and certain to be hugely controversial. Con Game shows us that Canadian penitentiaries are effectively run by their inmates. Behind bars, gangs control the booming drug trade and mete out their own rough justice to inmates who break their rules. Guards sit by, prevented from interfering by a succession of court rulings that have limited their authority. Wardens and bureaucrats...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:077103962X

ISBN13:9780771039621

Release Date:March 2003

Publisher:McClelland & Stewart

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.34 lbs.

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Americas Canada Criminal Law Law Enforcement Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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