Going up the river : travels in a prison nation
(Book)

"A New York times notable book"--Cover.

Originally published: New York : Random House, c2001. With new afterword.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-252) and index.

"No nation in the world incarcerates a higher percentage of its people than the United States. So common is the prison experience in America that the federal government predicts that one of every eleven men will be imprisoned in his lifetime. Just how out of hand things have gotten is the subject of Going Up the River, Joseph T. Hallinan's exploration of one of America's biggest growth industries, a self-perpetuating prison-industrial complex that has become entrenched without public awareness, much less voter consent. At once a compelling firsthand account of what goes on inside America's prisons and a stirring indictment of policies that strip the humanity from those caught in the system, Going Up the River is an affecting work of journalism that will change the way you think about criminal justice in America."--BOOK JACKET