Download or read book The Prison and the Gallows written by Marie Gottschalk and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last three decades, the United States has built a carceral state that is unprecedented among Western countries, with nearly one in 50 adult Americans incarcerated today. This book examines the development of the movements that mediated the construction of the carceral state.