Jacktown: History & Hard Times at Michigan's First State Prison

by Judy Krasnow

Book Overview

Competing with the likes of Detroit and Ann Arbor, Jackson won the battle to build Michigan's first state prison in 1838. During the era of the Big House and industrial growth, the penitentiary's on-site factories and cheap inmate labor helped Jackson become a thriving manufacturing city. In contrast to Jacktown's beautiful Greco-Roman exterior, medieval punishments, a strict code of silence, no heat, no electricity and a lack of plumbing defined...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467135232
• ISBN13: 9781467135238
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"