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Stuff about my book, a history of Texas prisons, as well as info on Texas criminal justice generally

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Inmates on bunks in dormitory.
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Imperial State Farm, 1908, Capt. Veale
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Polunski Unit
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USA. Huntsville, Texas. 1968. Ellis is a prison farm for the convicts considered to be the most dangerous or unmanageable. Shakedown, main corridor.
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