Coal, Cages, Crisis - The Rise of the Prison Economy in Central Appalachia

"As the coal industry has declined in Central Appalachia, prisons have emerged as a primary way that the state addresses the resulting crises of revenue loss, unemployment, and population decline. Grounded in fieldwork, archives, and official documents, this book examines how the prison came to shape, and take shape within, Central Appalachia"--

About the author

Judah Schept is Professor of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. He is the author of the award-winning Progressive Punishment: Job Loss, Jail Growth, and the Neoliberal Logic of Carceral Expansion.

Product details

• Authors: Judah Schept, Judah Nathan Schept
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781479858972
• ISBN: 978-1-4798-5897-2
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 228 mm x 152 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 508 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories