1st Edition
The American Penal System Transparency as a Pathway to Correctional Reform
Part I - The Texas Department of Corrections
1 - Texas Control Model
2 - Jailhouse Lawyers
3 - Ruiz v. Estelle
4 - Texas Prison Administrators
5 - Texas Today
Part II - Demographics of American Prisons
6 - The Unschooled
7 - The Young and the Old
8 - The Female Inmate
9 - Poor People of Color
10 - The Political Prisoner
Part III - Major Problems in Corrections
11 - Guard Brutality and Corruption
12 - Wrongfully Convicted
13 - Treatment of Mentally Ill Inmates
14 - Prison Labor
15 - Privatization of Corrections
Part IV - Toward Ending Mass Incarceration
16 - Legislative Agendas
17 - The Supreme Court and the US Department of Justice
18 - Reducing Recidivism
19 - Alternative Models
20 - Restorative Justice
Epilogue
Biography
Dr. Helen Clarke Molanphy is political science emeritus professor at Richland College in Dallas, Texas. She has taught sociology and criminal justice courses at various institutions including Southern Methodist University, the University of Texas at Dallas, Adams State University, the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, and the Santa Fe Community College. Molanphy is the author of a family memoir, Over P.J. Clarke's Bar: Tales from New York's Famous Saloon, using her maiden name, Helen Marie Clarke. She resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her husband, John Molanphy.
"This book is an excellent survey of the pervasive issues that plague the American Prison System, and it eloquently interrogates valuable solutions for those very problems."
Dr. Tyrell Connor, Associate Professor, SUNY New Paltz　
