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Book

Jackson : the rise and fall of the world's largest walled prison : a history and a memoir

Call Number

  • H 365 J685 (CEN)

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Publication Information

San Bernardino, Calif. : [publisher not identified], 2014.

Physical Description

iv, 250 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Contents

  • In the beginning, the Harry Hulbert era
  • Building the new prison
  • The Warden Jackson era
  • The tipping point
  • The purples
  • A gathering storm
  • The Warden Bannan decade
  • The Warden Kropp era
  • Changing of the guard, Johnson moves again
  • Charles Egeler at the helm, a dream cut short
  • Charles Anderson becomes Warden
  • A final showdown at SPSM
  • Breaking barriers
  • SPSM sees its final days
  • A few miscellaneous memories.

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