First Available Cell : Desegregation of the Texas Prison System /

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Decades after the U.S. Supreme Court and certain governmental actions struck down racial segregation in the larger society, American prison administrators still boldly adhered to discriminatory practices. Not until 1975 did legislation prohibit racial segregation and discrimination in Texas prisons....

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Trulson, Chad R. (Autor), Marquart, James W. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Crouch, Ben M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Temas:
Prison administration > Texas > History.
Prisoners > Legal status, laws, etc > Texas > History.
Prisoners > Legal status, laws, etc. > Texas > History.
Prisons > Texas > History.
Segregation > Texas > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • From Segregation to Desegregation in Texas Prisons: A Timeline
  • Part I. The Outside
  • 1. Broken Barriers
  • 2. An Institutional Fault Line
  • 3. 18,000 Days
  • Part II. The Inside
  • 4. The Color Line Persists
  • 5. Cracks in the Color Line
  • 6. Full Assault on the Color Line
  • 7. The Color Line Breaks
  • 8. 7,000 Days Later
  • 9. Life in the First Available Cell
  • Part III. A Colorless Society?
  • 10. The Most Unlikely Place
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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