Detention castles of stone and steel : landscape, labor, and the urban penitentiary / James C. Garman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garman, James C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhode Island State Prison (Providence, R.I.).

Prisons--Rhode Island--History--19th century.

Prisons.

Imprisonment--Rhode Island--History--19th century.

Imprisonment.

Prison industries--Rhode Island--History--19th century.

Prison industries.

History.

Rhode Island.

Physical Description:

xiii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2005]

Contents:

"In limbo's patrimony" : theoretical approaches to the social reform institution

"By reforming the delinquent and deterring others from like courses" : Rhode Island's struggle for a state prison

"A monument of shame and disgrace to the state" : building and rebuilding the landscape of confinement

"The privilege of working" : the labor program at the Rhode Island State Prison

"A small amount has been accomplished" : confrontations and clashes in the prison workshops

"A sort of uncontrollable autonomy" : the reinvention of the social reform institution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-220) and index.

ISBN:

1572333545

OCLC:

56108552