Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Foreword xi
6. Introduction 1
7. PART I. IN THE BEGINNING 600–1500 11
8. PART II. SQUALOR CARCERIS 1500–1750 43
9. Part III. EXPERIMENTATION WITH IMPRISONMENT 1750–1863 123
10. PART IV. PUNISH AND BE DAMNED 1863–1895 261
11. PART V. THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT 1895–1965 323
12. PART VI. SAFE AND SECURE? 1965–2018 463
13. Bibliography 517
14. Index 527