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The Fortress Economy: The Economic Role of the US Prison System
Loaded on July 15, 1990
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1990, page 10
The Fortress Economy: The Economic Role of the U.S. Prison System is the title of a brand new 29 page booklet by the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers). It's an excellent book and I highly recommend it. The booklet will complement and enhance The Prison Issue, which I review elsewhere …
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