Beyond Prisons

Acknowledgments Introduction: A new Morality Confession and Healing Justice Definitions: More than Mere Words Outline of the Book History of a Failed System The Philadelphia Experiment The Penitentiary System-Religious Roots The Penitentiary System-Philosophical Roots The Panopticon The Development of the Penitentiary System The dynamics of Crime And Punishment in America The Problem The Intersection of Race and Class Practicing White Supremacy The Legacy of Economic Dominance: Class In our Backyards: The Penal System at the Local level Policing In the Courthouse: The U.S. Adversarial Legal System The Pre-trial Process County Jails Probation and Community Corrections Taking Local Communities Seriously Sentencing: The Cold Heart of tHe Penal System The California Example Federal Sentencing Policy Carrying Out the Drug War Three Strikes The Death Penalty Throwing Away the Key: Life without Mercy Parole: The Terminating Program in the Rehabilitative Model Extra Punishment for Sex Offenders Criminal Records: The Permanent Punishment Cages: State and Federal Prisons Today The Corporatization of Punishment Private Prisons and Accountability Prison Guards The Super-max and Other Forms of Torture Manufacturing Madness Prison Gang Policies: A Threat to Our Security Political Prisoners Immigrants in the Criminal Justice System Sexism Women Sexual Relations and Prison Rape Transgender Prisoners Prison and Disability The Mentally Ill Health Care Spanning Generations: Impact of Prisons on Families Prison Ministry Youth, Poverty, and Delinquency History of the Juvenile Justice System The Language of Demonization Criminalization of Youth Creating Gangs Zero Tolerance An Alternative Vision of Justice Survivors Punishment Forgiveness Breaking the Cycle Searching for a new Justice Paradigm Can Prisons Rehabilitate? From Prison Abolition to a New Paradigm Reform vs. Abolition Alternatives Restorative/Peace-building Justice Problems with Restorative Justice Examples of Peace-building Justice AFSC's Twelve-point Plan Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index