Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-388) and index.
Contents
Building the "best prison in the south" -- Good roads, bad men, and the ugliest of conditions -- Cruel and usual punishments -- The rise of the sunshine prison -- Chapman and the big house -- Florida's hard road during the depression and war years -- Continuity and change at Raiford -- Prison health care -- Life in the big house -- Riot and disorder at the rock.
Summary
An exploration of the conditions of prison labor in Florida from 1913 to 1956.