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The Missouri State Penitentiary : 170 years inside the walls /
Asked how the Missouri State Penitentiary compared to other famous prisons, a historian and former prison administrator replied, "It's older and meaner." For 168 years, it was everything other prisons were and more. In The Missouri State Penitentiary, Jamie Pamela Rasmussen recounts t...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Columbia [Mo.] ; London :
University of Missouri Press,
©2012.
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| Series: | Missouri heritage readers.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Escape!; The Founding of the Penitentiary; The Civil War Period; Earning Their Keep; Women Prisoners Who Changed the Walls from the Inside Out; Pretty Boy Floyd; Early Efforts to Reform Prisoners; 12:01 a.m. : The Death Penalty at the Missouri State Penitentiary; Riot!; Riot Aftermath; James Earl Ray; The Jailhouse Lawyer; The End of an Era; Ghosts?; For More Reading; Index.