LEADER 03844nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910791139903321 005 20230721012057.0 010 $a0-292-79335-9 024 7 $a10.7560/719835 035 $a(CKB)2560000000007580 035 $a(EBL)3443430 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000337706 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11248821 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337706 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10294971 035 $a(PQKB)10660770 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443430 035 $a(OCoLC)501182938 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2354 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443430 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10338590 035 $a(DE-B1597)588399 035 $a(OCoLC)1286806109 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292793354 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000007580 100 $a20081230d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFirst available cell$b[electronic resource] $edesegregation of the Texas prison system /$fChad R. Trulson, James W. Marquart ; foreword by Ben M. Crouch 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-71983-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBroken barriers -- An institutional fault line -- 18,000 days -- The color line persists -- Cracks in the color line -- Full assault on the color line -- The color line breaks -- 7,000 days later -- Life in the first available cell -- The most unlikely place. 330 $aDecades after the U.S. Supreme Court and certain governmental actions struck down racial segregation in the larger society, American prison administrators still boldly adhered to discriminatory practices. Not until 1975 did legislation prohibit racial segregation and discrimination in Texas prisons. However, vestiges of this practice endured behind prison walls. Charting the transformation from segregation to desegregation in Texas prisons?which resulted in Texas prisons becoming one of the most desegregated places in America?First Available Cell chronicles the pivotal steps in the process, including prison director George J. Beto's 1965 decision to allow inmates of different races to co-exist in the same prison setting, defying Southern norms. The authors also clarify the significant impetus for change that emerged in 1972, when a Texas inmate filed a lawsuit alleging racial segregation and discrimination in the Texas Department of Corrections. Perhaps surprisingly, a multiracial group of prisoners sided with the TDC, fearing that desegregated housing would unleash racial violence. Members of the security staff also feared and predicted severe racial violence. Nearly two decades after the 1972 lawsuit, one vestige of segregation remained in place: the double cell. Revealing the aftermath of racial desegregation within that 9 x 5 foot space, First Available Cell tells the story of one of the greatest social experiments with racial desegregation in American history. 606 $aPrisons$zTexas$xHistory 606 $aPrison administration$zTexas$xHistory 606 $aPrisoners$xLegal status, laws, etc$zTexas$xHistory 606 $aSegregation$zTexas$xHistory 615 0$aPrisons$xHistory. 615 0$aPrison administration$xHistory. 615 0$aPrisoners$xLegal status, laws, etc.$xHistory. 615 0$aSegregation$xHistory. 676 $a363/.9764089 700 $aTrulson$b Chad R$01530020 701 $aMarquart$b James W$g(James Walter),$f1954-$01530021 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791139903321 996 $aFirst available cell$93774732 997 $aUNINA