Bibliograph

When the prisoners ran Walpole, a true story in the movement for prison abolition, Jamie Bissonette ; with Ralph Hamm, Robert Dellelo, and Edward Rodman

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When the prisoners ran Walpole, a true story in the movement for prison abolition, Jamie Bissonette ; with Ralph Hamm, Robert Dellelo, and Edward Rodman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-245) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

When the prisoners ran Walpole

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

192050085

Responsibility statement

Jamie Bissonette ; with Ralph Hamm, Robert Dellelo, and Edward Rodman

Sub title

a true story in the movement for prison abolition

Table Of Contents

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: death knell for reform? -- Those who dared: the promise of abolition

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