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Go to Jail!
A Look at Prisons Through the Ages
By Kent, Peter
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-76130-402-9
- Publisher
- Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, 1998.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 1999
Gr 3-5 Partial cutaway views of prisons in use from 1534 to 1943 provide a look at their layout and structure. Although torture and prisoner treatment are shown as small parts of most of the detailed double-page drawings, accommodations appear to be neat and clean. However, text descriptions make it clear that none of these places of confinement were pleasant. Each scene features a famous prisoner who can be identified by referr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
