a| 2008006161

a| 9780896087705

a| 0896087700

a| (OCoLC)ocn192050085

a| DLC c| DLC d| BAKER d| YDXCP d| C#P d| BWX d| BTCTA d| VP@ d| MUQ d| DLC

a| Bissonette, Jamie

a| When the prisoners ran Walpole : b| a true story in the movement for prison abolition / c| Jamie Bissonette ; with Ralph Hamm, Robert Dellelo, and Edward Rodman.

a| Cambridge, Mass. : b| South End Press, c| c2008.

a| X, 258 p. ; c| 23 cm.

a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-245) and index.

a| Introduction -- Preamble: constructing punishment in Massachusetts -- Confronting the moral dilemma of Massachusetts prisons: Francis Sargent and his administration -- The new commissioner: from corrections to abolition -- The beginning: constructing corrections in Massachusetts -- Resistance, rebellion, and declaration: creating a culture of resistance -- Dynamic and determined: the National Prisoners Reform Association--Walpole chapter -- The struggle for voice and sovereignty: the NPRA negotiates power -- Stealing time: the NPRA takes over -- Soul contraband: observers witness terror and change -- Readjustment and resistance: the state police takeback -- The struggle for existence: death knell for reform? -- Those who dared: the promise of abolition.

a| Prisoners z| Massachusetts. 2| lcsh

a| Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole x| History y| 20th century. 2| lcsh

a| Labor unions z| Massachusetts. 2| lcsh

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