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4. The Program

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. PREFACE ix
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxi
  5. Introduction: Reconstructing the Life of a Prison 1
  6. PART I. ALCATRAZ FROM 1934 TO 1948
  7. 1. The Federal Government’s War on “Public Enemies” 13
  8. 2. A New Form of Imprisonment 49
  9. 3. Selecting the “Worst of the Worst” 70
  10. 4. The Program 97
  11. 5. Organized Resistance: A Regime Tested 120
  12. 6. Finding a Hole in the Rock: The First Escape Attempts 150
  13. 7. Alcatraz on Trial 181
  14. 8. The War Years 205
  15. 9. The Battle of Alcatraz 238
  16. PART II. LIFE ON THE ROCK FOR RESISTERS AND PUBLIC ENEMIES
  17. 10. Resistance and Adaptation 283
  18. 11. Outlaws among Outlaws 304
  19. 12. Celebrity Prisoners 338
  20. PART III. ALCATRAZ AS AN EXPERIMENT IN PENAL POLICY
  21. 13. Return to the Free World 385
  22. 14. Lessons from Alcatraz for Supermax Prisons 445
  23. EPILOGUE 461
  24. NOTES 467
  25. BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMMENTARY 519
  26. ABOUT THE AUTHORS 523
  27. INDEX 525
Alcatraz
This chapter is in the book Alcatraz
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520942981-007

Chapters in this book

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