Penology for Profit: A History of the Texas Prison System, 1867-1912

By Donald R. Walker

Book Overview

Before the discovery of oil and the advent of Progressivism to Texas, the state dealt with prison overcrowding by leasing convicts and their labor to private industry and funneling the profits into the state's coffers. In this book, Donald R. Walker examines economic, social, and political aspects of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Texas that resulted in the leasing system and its eventual demise.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585440434
• ISBN13: 9781585440436
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"