The Big House
IMAGE AND REALITY OF THE AMERICAN PRISON
Contents
Acknowledgments..........................................ix
ONE Touring the Institution.............................1
TWO How to Build a Big House............................16
THREE Your Life as a Convict............................45
FOUR The Art of Humiliation.............................62
FIVE Sex................................................80
SIX You Built It, Now Try to Run It.....................99
SEVEN A Tale of Two Prisons.............................123
EIGHT Rajahs and Reformers..............................136
NINE Prisons You Can't Tear Down........................155
Notes....................................................185
Works Cited..............................................203
Index....................................................213
Chapter One
Touring the Institution
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