Montana Justice Power, Punishment, and the Penitentiary

Name: Montana Justice Power, Punishment, and the Penitentiary
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ISBN: 9780295984438

ISBN-10: 0295984430

ISBN-13: 9780295984438

Edition: 2004

Authors: Keith Edgerton

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During Montana's early territorial years, "criminal justice" was almost nonexistent: a few towns had inadequate and chronically overcrowded jails; occasional prisoners were sent east to the federal penitentiary in Detroit; and vigilantes summarily dealt with others suspected of crimes. In 1871, the federal government funded a penitentiary in Deer Lodge and later turned over to Montana when it achieved statehood in 1889. In this absorbing book, Keith Edgerton provides a social history of the Montana Penitentiary, with a primary focus on its early, formative years. After statehood, Montana leased its penitentiary to contractors, who utilized cheap inmate labor to turn a profit for themselves…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication date: 9/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Majesty of the Law: Vigilantism and Western Prisons



Penitentiary on a Shoestring



"The Accursed Thing": The Territorial Penitentiary



No Warden More Efficient: Frank Conley



Getting Tough on Crime: 1921 to the Present


Notes


Bibliography


Index