Different Perspectives on the Prison System

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In ten pages the American prison system and whether or not it is necessary or at least in dire need of reform are considered through the perspectives of such authors as Michel Foucault, Paul Wright, Tara Herivel, Marc Mauer, and Angela Davis with the Panopticon concept and the control ideas of Foucault among the topics of discussion. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography.