Golden gulag : prisons, surplus, crisis, and opposition in globalizing California / Ruth Wilson Gilmore.

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Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called "the biggest prison building project in the history of the world." Golden Gul...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gilmore, Ruth Wilson, 1950-
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007], ©2007.
Series:	American crossroads ; 21.
Subjects:	Prisons > California. Prisons > Economic aspects > California. Prisons > Sociological aspects > California. Imprisonment > California. African American prisoners > California > History. Minorities > California. Criminal justice, Administration of > California. Discrimination in criminal justice administration > California. Prison reformers > California. Regression (Civilization) Special collections > Sacramento Public Library. California > Economic conditions.
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Physical Description:	xxii, 388 pages : illustrations, charts, map ; 22 cm.
Variant Title:	Prisons, surplus, crisis, and opposition in globalizing California.
Format:	Book

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