Confronted with the glaring shortcomings of the reform school's methods of rehabilitation, Stuart irritated the bureaucracy, advocating for detainees whose only crimes were a lack of education and belonging to the wrong race or economic class. He confronted an establishment that refused to distinguish between hardened criminals and those who would benefit from actual reform. In The Morganza, 1967 Stuart offers a brutally honestat times touchinginsider's view of a juvenile justice system that was badly in need of fixing.
Confronted with the glaring shortcomings of the reform school's methods of rehabilitation, Stuart irritated the bureaucracy, advocating for detainees whose only crimes were a lack of education and belonging to the wrong race or economic class. He confronted an establishment that refused to distinguish between hardened criminals and those who would benefit from actual reform. In The Morganza, 1967 Stuart offers a brutally honestat times touchinginsider's view of a juvenile justice system that was badly in need of fixing.
The Morganza, 1967: Life in a Legendary Reform School
237The Morganza, 1967: Life in a Legendary Reform School
237Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780826346414 |
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Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press |
Publication date: | 09/16/2009 |
Pages: | 237 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d) |