Jails: The Ultimate GhettoThe author describes how American jails have come to serve as holding tanks for the indigent, and often, innocent men who are subjected to violence, overcrowding and sexual assault. |
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The Poorhouses of the Twentieth Century | 29 |
CONFINEMENT OF THE SICK | 87 |
NARCOTICS ADDICTS IN JAIL | 121 |
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