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Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- PREFACE ix
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxi
- Introduction: Reconstructing the Life of a Prison 1
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PART I. ALCATRAZ FROM 1934 TO 1948
- 1. The Federal Government’s War on “Public Enemies” 13
- 2. A New Form of Imprisonment 49
- 3. Selecting the “Worst of the Worst” 70
- 4. The Program 97
- 5. Organized Resistance: A Regime Tested 120
- 6. Finding a Hole in the Rock: The First Escape Attempts 150
- 7. Alcatraz on Trial 181
- 8. The War Years 205
- 9. The Battle of Alcatraz 238
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PART II. LIFE ON THE ROCK FOR RESISTERS AND PUBLIC ENEMIES
- 10. Resistance and Adaptation 283
- 11. Outlaws among Outlaws 304
- 12. Celebrity Prisoners 338
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PART III. ALCATRAZ AS AN EXPERIMENT IN PENAL POLICY
- 13. Return to the Free World 385
- 14. Lessons from Alcatraz for Supermax Prisons 445
- EPILOGUE 461
- NOTES 467
- BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMMENTARY 519
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS 523
- INDEX 525
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- PREFACE ix
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxi
- Introduction: Reconstructing the Life of a Prison 1
-
PART I. ALCATRAZ FROM 1934 TO 1948
- 1. The Federal Government’s War on “Public Enemies” 13
- 2. A New Form of Imprisonment 49
- 3. Selecting the “Worst of the Worst” 70
- 4. The Program 97
- 5. Organized Resistance: A Regime Tested 120
- 6. Finding a Hole in the Rock: The First Escape Attempts 150
- 7. Alcatraz on Trial 181
- 8. The War Years 205
- 9. The Battle of Alcatraz 238
-
PART II. LIFE ON THE ROCK FOR RESISTERS AND PUBLIC ENEMIES
- 10. Resistance and Adaptation 283
- 11. Outlaws among Outlaws 304
- 12. Celebrity Prisoners 338
-
PART III. ALCATRAZ AS AN EXPERIMENT IN PENAL POLICY
- 13. Return to the Free World 385
- 14. Lessons from Alcatraz for Supermax Prisons 445
- EPILOGUE 461
- NOTES 467
- BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMMENTARY 519
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS 523
- INDEX 525