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Unusual punishment : inside the Walla Walla prison, 1970-1985 / Christopher Murray.
Van Pelt Library HV9475.W22 W375 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murray, Christopher, 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington State Penitentiary--History--20th century.
- Washington State Penitentiary.
- Prisoners--Washington (State)--Walla Walla--Social conditions--20th century.
- Prisoners.
- Prisoners--Civil rights--Washington (State)--Walla Walla--History--20th century.
- Prison violence--Washington (State)--Walla Walla--History--20th century.
- Prison violence.
- Prison wardens--Washington (State)--Walla Walla--History--20th century.
- Prison wardens.
- Prison reformers--Washington (State)--Walla Walla--History--20th century.
- Prison reformers.
- Social change--Washington (State)--Walla Walla--History--20th century.
- Social change.
- Prisoners--Civil rights.
- Prisoners--Social conditions.
- History.
- Social conditions.
- Washington (State)--Walla Walla.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 312 pages : illustrations, chart ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "A true story of good intentions gone awry, violence, courage and transformation, Unusual Punishment traces the journey of one prison from order to chaos and back again"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part 1. Super custody
- The prison
- The men
- The warden
- The reformers
- Part 2. Changes
- The education of Bobby Rhay
- Superagency
- The four reforms
- The Christmas strike
- New beginnings
- Rhay takes charge
- Making history
- Unintended consequences
- Red flags
- Under the radar
- Part 3. Descent
- California connection
- Capitulation
- Harvey
- Lines in the sand
- Parallel tracks
- The third floor
- The goon squad
- Power shift
- Abdication
- B.J. Rhay's final chapter
- Part 4. Nadir
- Vinzant
- Prison management
- Rules to live by
- The wastebasket caper
- Spring cleaning
- The MAS banquet
- "A little guard"
- Post mortem
- War
- Dysfunction
- The party's over
- The midnight express
- Power vacuum
- Cross
- Shakedown
- Saturday night live
- Breakdown
- A victory of sorts
- Dog days of summer
- Hoptowit
- Political fallout
- Part 6. Transformation
- A department is born
- First steps
- Kautzky
- Building blocks
- IMU
- Three years later
- Afterword
- Appendix A: Persons mentioned
- Appendix B: Persons interviewed, and interview dates.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780874223392
- 0874223393
- 9780874223347
- 0874223342
- OCLC:
- 929864050
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