Litigated Reform of Texas Prisons
by
Ben M. Crouch, James R. Marquart
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
How does a prison achieve institutional order while safeguarding prisoners' rights? Since the early 1960s, prison reform advocates have aggressively used the courts to extend rights and improve life for inmates, while prison administrators have been slow to alter the status quo. Litigated reform has...