RT Book
T1 When the prisoners ran Walpole: a true story in the movement for prison abolition
A1 Bissonette, Jamie
LA English
PP Cambridge, Mass. u.a.
PB South End Press
YR 2008
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1612871100
AB Introduction -- Preamble: constructing punishment in Massachusetts -- Confronting the moral dilemma of Massachusetts prisons: Francis Sargent and his administration -- The new commissioner: from corrections to abolition -- The beginning: constructing corrections in Massachusetts -- Resistance, rebellion, and declaration: creating a culture of resistance -- Dynamic and determined: the National Prisoners Reform Association; Walpole chapter -- The struggle for voice and sovereignty: the NPRA negotiates power -- Stealing time: the NPRA takes over -- Soul contraband: observers witness terror and change -- Readjustment and resistance: the state police takeback -- The struggle for existence: lights out on reform? -- Those who dared: the promise of abolition -- Reflections in retrospect: lessons learned -- Endnotes -- Index -- About the author -- About SEP
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV9306.W342
SN 9780896087705
K1 Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole : History : 20th century
K1 Prisoners : Massachusetts
K1 Labor unions : Massachusetts
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K1 Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Cedar Junction : Strafvollzug : Reform : Interessenvertretung : Strafgefangener
K1 Geschichte 1972-1973