Inside Rikers: Stories from the World's Largest Penal Colony
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0312261799
ISBN 13
9780312261795
Category
340-369 Law, Administration & Associations
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Publication Year
2001
Publisher
Pages
256
Subject
Prisoners ,New York (State)--New York ,New York (State)--Rikers Island ,Correctional institutions
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Abstract
Describes the world's largest and most expensive correctional facility, offers an incisive portrait of its more than eighteen thousand inmates and the individuals who work there, and discusses the changes that have transformed the jail.
Description
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jennifer Wynn
ISBN: 0312261799 9780312261795 0312291582 9780312291587
OCLC Number: 45963103
Description: xiv, 223 pages ; 25 cm
Contents: 1. Welcome to the Rock --
2. From the Belly of the Beast to the New York Streets --
3. Keepers of the Kept --
4. Convicted at Birth --
5. Successful Escapes --
6. They Keep Coming Back --
7. Strain of Two Cities.
Responsibility: Jennifer Wynn.
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jennifer Wynn
ISBN: 0312261799 9780312261795 0312291582 9780312291587
OCLC Number: 45963103
Description: xiv, 223 pages ; 25 cm
Contents: 1. Welcome to the Rock --
2. From the Belly of the Beast to the New York Streets --
3. Keepers of the Kept --
4. Convicted at Birth --
5. Successful Escapes --
6. They Keep Coming Back --
7. Strain of Two Cities.
Responsibility: Jennifer Wynn.
Number of Copies
1
