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

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--

• | Author: Judah Schept
• | Publisher: Nyu Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 12, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 328 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1479858978
• | ISBN-13: 9781479858972