A culture-sensitive description of select prison administrations in three continents, narrated skillfully.

— Ujjwal Kumar Singh, University of Delhi

Norris’ research on prisons provides an excellent account on how prisons work. It states rich arguments that appropriately speak to many disciplines and invites to multiple thoughts on the issue of what is, and ought to be, the appropriate role of the state when imprisoning its citizens. The case studies in the book—the United States, Mexico, India, and Honduras—are thoroughly analyzed and documented. Norris succeeded in constructing coherent and solid arguments from the vast information that he recollected. This book is a must read for those interested on bureaucracies.

— Vidal Romero, ITAM