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Central Prison - A History of North Carolina's State Penitentiary (Hardcover)
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Central Prison - A History of North Carolina's State Penitentiary (Hardcover)
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Gregory S. Taylor's Central Prison: A History of North Carolina's
State Penitentiary 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. He incorporates vital
elements of the state's history into his analysis to draw clear
parallels between the changes occurring in free society and those
affecting Central Prison. Throughout, Taylor illustrates that the
prison, like the state itself, struggled with issues of race,
gender, sectionalism, political infighting, finances, and
progressive reform. Finally, Taylor also explores the evolution of
penal reform, focusing on the politicians who set prison policy,
the officials who administered it, and the untold number of African
American inmates who endured incarceration in a state notorious for
racial strife and injustice. Central Prison approaches the
development of the penal system in North Carolina from a myriad of
perspectives, offering a range of insights into the workings of the
state penitentiary. It will appeal not only to scholars of criminal
justice but also to historians searching for new ways to understand
the history of the Tar Heel State and general readers wanting to
know more about one of North Carolina's most influential-and
infamous-institutions.
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