The Devil's Butcher Shop: The New Mexico Prison Uprising
- ISBN-10
- 0826310621
- ISBN-13
- 9780826310620
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 268
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- UNM Press
- Author
- Roger Morris
Description
A well-researched account of the 1980 convict uprising at the New Mexico State Penitentiary at Santa Fe, tracing the prison system corruption, cronyism, and negligence that led to the riot.
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