Jacktown: History & Hard Times At Michigan S First State Prison

Competing with the likes of Detroit and Ann Arbor, Jackson won the battle to build Michigan s first state prison in 1838. During the era of the Big House and industrial growth, the penitentiary s on-site factories and cheap inmate labor helped Jackson become a thriving manufacturing city. In contrast to Jacktown s beautiful Greco-Roman exterior, medieval punishments, a strict code of silence, no heat, no electricity and a lack of plumbing defined life on the inside. Author Judy Gail Krasnow shares the incredible stories of life at Jacktown, replete with sadistic wardens, crafty escapees, Prohibition s Purple Gang, a chaplain who ran a brothel and influential reformers."

• | Author: Judy Gail Krasnow
• | Publisher: History Press Library Editions
• | Publication Date: Feb 06, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 178 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 1540214605
• | ISBN-13: 9781540214607