Bright, Charles  1943- <br/><br/>
The powers that punish  prison and politics in the era of the "Big house," 1920-1955 
Charles Bright 
 - 326 p  ill  24 cm 
 - Law, meaning, and violence .
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/>Introduction : the prison and its political contexts -- Prohibition, patronage, and profit : building the new prison at Jackson -- Scandals, probes, and purges : the politics of reform -- Uniform discipline and individual treatment : the new model of corrections and the Jackson riot of 1952 -- Dressage to dungeons : marking trajectories of change in modern penology 
<br/><br/> Introduction : the prison and its political contexts -- Prohibition, patronage, and profit : building the new prison at Jackson -- Scandals, probes, and purges : the politics of reform -- Uniform discipline and individual treatment : the new model of corrections and the Jackson riot of 1952 -- Dressage to dungeons : marking trajectories of change in modern penology 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0472107321  cloth : acid-free paper 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Michigan State Prison--History
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Prisons--History--Michigan--Jackson<br/>Corrections--Political aspects--History--Michigan
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Michigan--Politics and government
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Class of Spring 2012 Ellen Maria Gorrissen Fellow Fellow 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV9475.M52 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>365/.9774