Texas Prison Empire

From the Open Society Foundations , "Texas Tough: An Interview with Robert Perkinson," by Adam Culbreath, on 31 March 2010 --Your...

Louisiana: The Prison Capital of the World

From NPR , "How Louisiana Became The World's 'Prison Capital'" from Fresh Air from WHYY reported on 5 June 2012 -- I...

Louisiana The Incarcerated

Jackson Parrish Correctional Center From the New York Times , "Plantations, Prisons and Profits," by Charles Blow, on 25 May 2012 ...

One Dies, Get Another: Convict Leasing in the American South

Matthew J. Mancini. One Dies, Get Another: Convict Leasing in the American South, 1866-1928. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Pr...

The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the World's Columbian Exposition, by Ida B. Wells

The Convict Lease System By Ida B. Wells Taken from the third chapter of "The Reason why the colored American is not in the World's...