This book explores the history of prisons, as well as such current problems as the rising cost of health care and vocational training for inmates, and the debate over what kind of treatment those guilty of crimes against society deserve.
General Note
Title proper from title frame.
Includes chronology.
Content Note
History of U.S. prisons -- Prison issues -- Current prison conditions -- Prison health care and education -- Prison violence -- Juvenile inmates -- The immigrant detention system -- Prison with and without parole -- Compassion or punishment? -- Prisons--the next decade.