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By Gordon, Nick2013., Juvenile, Bellwether Media, Inc. Call No: 365 .979461 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Torque : the scariest places on earthSummary Note: "Engaging images accompany information about Alcatraz. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
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2017., Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: Adventure FIC CHANDL Cha Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "You Choose adventure that takes place at Alcatraz Island"--
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2017., Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: 133.1 2979461 Genre: Adventure fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: You choose books. Haunted placesSummary Note: Presents a choose-your-own-path story involving Alcatraz. Features forty-two choices and fifteen endings, as well as a timeline, glossary, and list of further sources of information.
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2000., Pre-adolescent, Lucent Books Call No: 627.8 BHS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Building history seriesSummary Note: Discusses the history of California's Alcatraz Island, covering its use as a military prison, as a national maximum security facility, the lives of prisoners and guards, and its current status as a national park.
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c2013., Pre-adolescent, Crabtree Pub. Call No: 365 .979461 Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Series Title: Crabtree chromeSummary Note: Describes the history of Alcatraz, America's prison for the most dangerous criminals.
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1998., Juvenile, Enslow Publishers Call No: 979.405 OLI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: In American historySummary Note: Traces the development of the federal prison at Alcatraz Island from the days of Spanish exploration, through its years as a military prison, to its fame as the most escape-proof prison in America.
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By Gordon, Nick2013., Juvenile, Bellwether Media, Inc. Call No: 133.1 GORDON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Torque.Summary Note: "Engaging images accompany information about Alcatraz. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
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By Bauer, Shane2018., Penguin Press Call No: 365.97 Bau Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Follows the experiences of journalist Shane Bauer on his four-month stint as a nine-dollar-an-hour, entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana. Bauer records what he saw and uncovered about for-profit prisons in America and exposes the inequality he saw there, such as the fact that private prisons are not incentivized to care about their prisoners' health, and also comments on how he himself found his character becoming more aggressive and cruel the longer he worked there.
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By Bauer, Shane2018., Penguin Press Call No: 365 BAU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana. An award-winning investigative journalist, he used his real name; there was no meaningful background check. Four months later, his employment came to an abrupt end. But he had seen enough, and in short order he wrote an expose about his experiences that won a National Magazine Award and became the most-read feature in the history of the magazine Mother Jones. Still, there was much more that he needed to say"--Jacket flap.
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c2010, Greenhaven Press Call No: 365 .973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Opposing viewpoints seriesSummary Note: Contains twenty-six articles that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to America's prisons, debating whether American prisons are effective, just, and humane, and how different prison populations should be treated.
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2000., Enslow Publishers Call No: 973.77 BAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Headline court casesSummary Note: Examines the war crimes trial, in which Henry Wirz, the Confederate officer in charge of Andersonville Prison camp was accused of allowing the prisoners to be deliberately abused and neglected.
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c2009, Compass Point Books Call No: 940.54 72 52 09599 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Snapshots in historySummary Note: Describes the disease, torture, and deprivation of both Allied and Filipino prisoners as they were forced to march several miles to prison camps in the Philippines in April 1942; with personal testimonies from some of those who survived.
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By Perl, Lila2003., Benchmark Books / Marshall Cavendish Call No: 940.5317 PER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great journeysSummary Note: Discusses the forced internment of Japanese-Americans in camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II.
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By Perl, Lila2003., Pre-adolescent, Benchmark Books Call No: 940.53 Per Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great journeysSummary Note: Discusses the forced internment of Japanese-Americans in camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II.
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By Perl, Lila2003, Benchmark Books Call No: 973 .004956 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great journeysSummary Note: Discusses the forced internment of Japanese-Americans in camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II.
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[2019]., Bloomsbury Publishing Call No: 305.48 Hil Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Presents a narrative in verse of the history of black women facing chains and incarceration, from the life of Harriet Tubman up to the tragic suicide of Sandra Bland in prison in 2015, highlighting the unique experience black women have faced in America throughout its history, from slavery to the Jim Crow era and up to the modern Black Lives Matter movement.
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2004., Greenhaven Press Call No: 364 TOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Opposing viewpoints seriesSummary Note: Contains selections from magazine articles, speeches, books, and other sources examining the issue of crime and criminals in the United States.
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-- US national debate topic, 2020-2021.2020., Grey House Publishing Call No: 364.973 NAT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Remote access available: onondaga Series Title: Reference Shelf Volume: volume 92, number 3.
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c2000., Free Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An autobiography written by a Union mapmaker who witnessed the worst of the Civil War firsthand, including an account of his experiences during a two-year stay at the notorious Andersonville prison.