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Author Berne, Emma Carlson, author.

Title World's scariest prisons / Emma Carlson Berne.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2014]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Lakeside Non-Fiction  133.1 BER    ---  Available
 PCMS Jumpstart Non-Fiction  133.1 BERNE    ---  Lost and Paid
Description 112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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Summary Examines twenty prisons from around the world and includes descriptions of living conditions, information on famous prisoners, and facts about when the prisons were in operation and what types of prisoners were held at each facility.
Contents The Roman Colosseum -- Fleet Prison -- The Tower of London -- The Bastille -- Elmina Castle -- Carandiru Penitentiary -- Robben Island -- Public Gaol -- Livingston's Sugar House -- Burlington County Prison -- Eastern State Penitentiary -- Devil's Island -- Fremantle Prison -- Ohio State Reformatory -- Squirrel Cage Jail -- Kolyma Gulag Camp -- Alcatraz -- Hoa Lo Prison -- Attica -- Sing Sing.
Study Program AR RL 7.6 2.0 169504 PCMS.
Subject Prisons -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Imprisonment -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Prisoners -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Prisons -- History.
Imprisonment -- History.
Prisoners -- History.
Imprisonment. (OCoLC)fst00968277
Prisoners. (OCoLC)fst01077103
Prisons. (OCoLC)fst01077326
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN 9780545680233 (pbk)
0545680239 (pbk)

 
    
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