Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables viii
4. Chapter One. A New Perspective on the Carceral State 1
5. Chapter Two: Penal Modernization in the Civil Rights Era, 1954–1970 30
6. Chapter Three: Prison Overcrowding and the Legal Challenge to Florida’s Prison System, 1970–1980 66
7. Chapter Four: The Unintended Consequences of Prison Litigation, 1980–1991 90
8. Chapter Five: The Politics of Early Release, 1991–1995 122
9. Chapter Six: Republicans, Prosecutors, and the Carceral Ethos, 1995–2008 157
10. Chapter Seven: Recession-Era Colorblind Politics and the Challenge of Decarceration, 2008–2016 192
11. Chapter Eight: Toward a New Ethos 217
12. Acknowledgments 239
13. Appendix 243
14. Abbreviations 251
15. Notes 253
16. Selected Bibliography 343
17. Index 359