The Connecticut Prison Association and the search for reformatory justice / Gordon S. Bates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bates, Gordon S., author.

Series:

Driftless Connecticut series

A driftless Connecticut series book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Connecticut Prison Association.

Prisons--Connecticut--History.

Prisons.

Prison administration--Connecticut--History.

Prison administration.

Corrections--Connecticut--History.

Corrections.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Connecticut--History.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

History.

Connecticut.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

506 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2017]

Summary:

The Connecticut Prison Association and the Search for Reformatory Justice looks at the role the Connecticut Prison Association played in the formation of the state's criminal justice system. First convened in 1875 as the Prisoners' Friend Corporation and now organized under the name Community Partners in Action (CPA), the Connecticut Prison Association was founded to ameliorate the conditions of criminal defendants and people in prison, improve the discipline and administration of local jails and state prisons, and furnish assistance and encouragement to people returning to their communities after incarceration. The organization took a leading role in prison reform in the state and was instrumental in a number of criminal justice innovations. Cordon S. Bates, former Connecticut Prison Association volunteer and executive director (1980-1998), offers a detailed history of its role in fostering a rehabilitative, rather than retributive, approach to criminal justice. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: two faces of justice

Connecticut's cultural context, 1875

From Newgate Prison to Wethersfield State Prison, 1775-1875

Rehabilitation rekindled, 1875-1910

Continuity and regression, 1910-1933

Reform during the Maltbie era, 1933-1960

The culmination of progressive reform, 1960-1970

Rehabilitation's last hurrah, 1970-1980

The return of retributive justice, 1980-1990

The legacies of retribution, 1990-2000

Epilogue: five critical questions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bates, Gordon S., author. Connecticut Prison Association and the search for reformatory justice

ISBN:

9780819576767

081957676X

OCLC:

945648859