1st printing. 96 pp. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine. A very good copy in slightly chipped jacket (in removable plastic sleeve), with some creasing at edges. This copy has been inscribed by the author in the year of publication, and signed 'Frank'. Personal anaylsis of the British penal system and its major shortcomings. Overcrowding in gaols, bordom, officer/inmate relations, the effects of the Mountbatten Report, and the activities of prison visitors and aftercare workers. Sets down conversations with ex-prisoners, voluntary and professional social workers, and members of the establishment about their attitudes to the basic requirements of penal reform. Seller Inventory # 000742

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Title: Lock'em Up and Count'em: Reform of the penal...

Publisher: Charles Knight & Co. Ltd., London

Publication Date: 1970

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.

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Test Centre Books developed out of the publishing house Test Centre Publications LLP and is run by Will Shutes, specialising primarily in the British Poetry Revival, the Mimeograph Revolution, underground and lowlife literature, and aspects of film and modern art. We issue a catalogue of new acquisitions in April and October each year, and are gradually uploading our stock to AbeBooks. More information is available at our website.

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