Coal, Cages, Crisis

The Rise of the Prison Economy in Central Appalachia

(Author) Judah Schept
Format: Hardcover
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"As the coal industry has declined in Central Appalachia, prisons have emerged as a primary way that the state addresses the resulting crises of revenue loss, unemployment, and population decline. Grounded in fieldwork, archives, and official documents, this book examines how the prison came to shape, and take shape within, Central Appalachia"--

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Publisher:
New York University Press
Format:
Hardcover
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9781479837151
Publish year:
2022
Publish date:
March 22, 2022

Judah Schept

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