American prison : a reporter's undercover journey into the business of punishment
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Published
New York City : Penguin Press, 2018.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780735223585, 0735223580
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Ilsley Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 365.973 Bauer | On Shelf |
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Published
New York City : Penguin Press, 2018.
Physical Desc
351 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780735223585, 0735223580
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references (pages [297]-338) and index.
Description
"In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana. An award-winning investigative journalist, he used his real name; there was no meaningful background check. Four months later, his employment came to an abrupt end. But he had seen enough, and in short order he wrote an expose about his experiences that won a National Magazine Award and became the most-read feature in the history of the magazine Mother Jones. Still, there was much more that he needed to say. ...Bauer weaves a much deeper reckoning with his experiences together with a thoroughly researched history of for-profit prisons in America from their origins in the decades before the Civil War. For, as he soon realized, we can't understand the cruelty of our current system and its place in the larger story of mass incarceration without understanding where it came from."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bauer, S. (2018). American prison: a reporter's undercover journey into the business of punishment . Penguin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bauer, Shane. 2018. American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment. Penguin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bauer, Shane. American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment Penguin Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bauer, Shane. American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment Penguin Press, 2018.
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