Penology for Profit: A History of the Texas Prison System, 1867-1912
- 1988
1988. Texas A & M University Press, [1988].. Texas A & M University Press, [1988]. Walker, Donald R. Penology for Profit: A History of the Texas Prison System, 1867-1912. College Station, [TX]: Texas A & M University Press, [1988]. 216 pp. Hardcover in a near-fine, lightly soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. $20. * Contents: Background to Leasing: The Early Years of the Texas Penitentiary; Early Failures, 1867-1878; The Successful Lease, 1878-1883; The State as Lessor, 1883-1912; The Prisoner's Lot; The Powers That Were: Leadership of the Prison System; The End of Leasing; The Texas Experience in Perspective.