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CONTENTS
Introduction. The Ashes of Reform
PART ONE THE RAPID RISE OF PRISON REFORM IN NEW YORK, 1929–1944
1 The Reformer’s Mural: The Liberal Penal Imagination
2 A New Deal for Prisons: The Politics of Reform in New York
PART TWO PRISON LIVES AND THE WORLD OF THE REFORMATORY
3 Adolescents Adrift: Young Men on the Road to Coxsackie
4 Against the Wall: Survival and Resistance at Coxsackie
5 Reform at Work: Ideas into Action at Coxsackie
6 A Conspiracy of Frustration: Coming Home
PART THREE THE SLOW DEATH OF PRISON REFORM IN NEW YORK, 1944–1977
7 The Frying Pan and the Fire: The Reformatory in Crisis, 1944–1963
8 Out of Time: Coxsackie and the End of the Reform Idea
9 Floodtide: Coxsackie and Post-Reformatory Prison Politics, 1963–1977
Conclusion. The Ghost of Prisons Future