Central Prison – A History of North Carolina`s State Penitentiary Taylor

Central Prison\nby Gregory S. Taylor\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Gregory S. Taylor\nTitle: Central Prison\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Penology and punishment\nPublisher: Louisiana State University Press\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9780807174333\nISBN-10: 0807174335\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe first scholarly study to explore the Central Prison's entire history, from its origins in the 1870s to its status in the first decades of the twenty-first century. Gregory Taylor addresses numerous features of the state's vast prison system, including chain gangs, convict leasing, executions, and the nearby Women's Prison.\n\nThe first scholarly study to explore the Central Prison's entire history, from its origins in the 1870s to its status in the first decades o.