1st Edition
Albany: Birth of a Prison – End of an Era
406 Pages
by
Routledge
406 Pages
by
Routledge
406 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1977, Albany: Birth of a Prison - End of an Era attempts to document and analyse some of the changes which happened in the first five and a half years of the prison’s opening and as far as possible account for them. Albany was planned and built as a medium-security establishment but the growth in the prison population meant it ended up, in part, as a maximum-security... Read more
Preface. Part I: Introduction to the Study 1. Background and Overview 2. Doing Research in Prison Part II: Birth of a Prison 3. A Caravan in a Meadow 4. The Emergent Blue Print 5. The Category-C Regime Part III: The Rise and Rise of Albany Fences 6. Consolidation, Consistency and New Priorities 7. The Standard Category-A Regime 8. Doing Time in Albany Prison 9. The Electronic Coffin Part IV: Conclusions 10. The End of an Era. Postscript. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Roy D. King and Kenneth W. Elliott
