Chad R. Trulson is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of North Texas in Denton and the co-author of Juvenile Justice: The System, Process, and Law. James W. Marquart is Associate Provost and Professor of Criminology at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he also directs the criminology and sociology programs and has co-authored numerous books, including the award-winning The Rope, the Chair, and the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923–1990.

• Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction From Segregation to Desegregation in Texas Prisons: A Timeline Part I. The Outside Chapter 1. Broken Barriers Chapter 2. An Institutional Fault Line Chapter 3. 18,000 Days Part II. The Inside Chapter 4. The Color Line Persists Chapter 5. Cracks in the Color Line Chapter 6. Full Assault on the Color Line Chapter 7. The Color Line Breaks Chapter 8. 7,000 Days Later Chapter 9. Life in the First Available Cell Part III. A Colorless Society? Chapter 10. The Most Unlikely Place Select Bibliography Index

"This book fills a critical niche, providing an engaging story of an important set of events. The desegregation lessons learned have wide applicability." Sheldon Ekland-Olson, University of Texas at Austin

Chad R. Trulson is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of North Texas in Denton and the co-author of Juvenile Justice: The System, Process, and Law. James W. Marquart is Associate Provost and Professor of Criminology at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he also directs the criminology and sociology programs and has co-authored numerous books, including the award-winning The Rope, the Chair, and the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923–1990.

• Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction From Segregation to Desegregation in Texas Prisons: A Timeline Part I. The Outside Chapter 1. Broken Barriers Chapter 2. An Institutional Fault Line Chapter 3. 18,000 Days Part II. The Inside Chapter 4. The Color Line Persists Chapter 5. Cracks in the Color Line Chapter 6. Full Assault on the Color Line Chapter 7. The Color Line Breaks Chapter 8. 7,000 Days Later Chapter 9. Life in the First Available Cell Part III. A Colorless Society? Chapter 10. The Most Unlikely Place Select Bibliography Index

"This book fills a critical niche, providing an engaging story of an important set of events. The desegregation lessons learned have wide applicability." Sheldon Ekland-Olson, University of Texas at Austin

Chad R. Trulson is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of North Texas in Denton and the co-author of Juvenile Justice: The System, Process, and Law. James W. Marquart is Associate Provost and Professor of Criminology at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he also directs the criminology and sociology programs and has co-authored numerous books, including the award-winning The Rope, the Chair, and the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923–1990.

• Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction From Segregation to Desegregation in Texas Prisons: A Timeline Part I. The Outside Chapter 1. Broken Barriers Chapter 2. An Institutional Fault Line Chapter 3. 18,000 Days Part II. The Inside Chapter 4. The Color Line Persists Chapter 5. Cracks in the Color Line Chapter 6. Full Assault on the Color Line Chapter 7. The Color Line Breaks Chapter 8. 7,000 Days Later Chapter 9. Life in the First Available Cell Part III. A Colorless Society? Chapter 10. The Most Unlikely Place Select Bibliography Index

"This book fills a critical niche, providing an engaging story of an important set of events. The desegregation lessons learned have wide applicability." Sheldon Ekland-Olson, University of Texas at Austin