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City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771–1965

byKelly Lytle Hernández

Los Angeles incarcerates more people than any other city in the United States, which imprisons more people than any other nation on Earth. Using scientific research, fieldwork, and carefully chosen case studies, City of Inmates moves between close observation and a wider account of the systems surrounding its subject. By placing City of Inmates within history and social science, the book reveals why its central tensions extend well beyond one person, place, or moment. City of Inmates emphasizes the specific circumstances that made this story possible and the consequences that followed.

Publisher

University of North Carolina Press

Publication date

Feb 01, 2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

312

ISBN

9781469659190