The society of captives: a study of a maximum security prison

1. The prison and its setting

2. The regime of the custodians

3. The defects of total power

4. The pains of imprisonment

5. Argot roles

6. Crisis and equilibrium

7. A postscript for reformers

Epilogue. The structural-functional perspective of imprisonment

Appendix A. A note on method

Appendix B. The routine of imprisonment.