<DIV><DIV><DIV><P>In the prison business, all roads lead to Texas. A pioneer in criminal justice severity—from assembly-line executions to supermax isolation, from mandatory sentencing to prison privatization—Texas is the most locked-down state in the most incarcerated country in the world. <I>Texas Tough</I>,<I> </I>a sweeping history of American imprisonment from the days of slavery to the present, explains how a plantation-based penal system once dismissed as barbaric became a template for the nation. </P><P>Drawing on the individual stories as well as authoritative research, <I>Texas Tough</I> reveals the true origins of America's prison juggernaut and points toward a more just and humane future.</P></DIV></DIV></DIV>