Reform & Regret: The Story of Federal Judicial Involvement in the Alabama Prison System

by Larry W. Yackle

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When the deplorable conditions in Alabama's prisons were revealed at trial in 1975, Judge Frank Johnson declared the prison system as a whole to constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth amendment. He then issued an elaborate decree specifying improvements that must be made to satisfy constitutional standards. In this study, Larry W. Yackle describes the campaign to achieve prison reform in Alabama through constitutional litigation...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195057376

ISBN13:9780195057379

Release Date:April 1989

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Business & Finance Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Criminology Education & Reference Government Judicial Branch Law Political Science Politics & Government

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