# Going Up the River

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- Book: [Going Up the River](https://www.bookquiver.com/joseph-t-hallinan/going-up-the-river) ([Going Up the River.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/joseph-t-hallinan/going-up-the-river.md))
- Authors: [Joseph T Hallinan](https://www.bookquiver.com/joseph-t-hallinan)
- Publisher: random_house_trade_paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-08-1296-844-6
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2003-07-08
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The American prison system has grown tenfold in thirty years, while crime rates have been relatively flat: 2 million people are behind bars on any given day, more prisoners than in any other country in...