Amendment VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Issued March 1 , 2002 The Eighth Amendment Forlorn Hope: The Prison Reform Movement by Larry E. Sullivan During the 1990's the drive toward prison reform reversed. Prison libraries were closed, chain gangs and striped uniforms came back, and prison populations increased. The book is bound in stripes with the word "CONVICT" on the back cover, printed inkjet on canvas, and is chained to a miniature jail cell of painted wood.

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• Section A Bindings 1968-79
• Section B Bindings 1979-85
• Section C Bindings 1986-88
• Section D Sculptural Bookworks from 1988
• Section E Bindings 1988-94
• Section F Painted Car, Watercolor studies, Bindings
• Section G The Bill of Rights, 1993-
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