Preface.

Acknowledgments.

1. The Second Toughest Sheriff in America.

2. Becoming a Prison Nation.

3. Entering the Gates.

4. The Vulnerable.

5. The Sanity of the System.

6. An Unhealthy Situation.

7. Women Behind Bars.

8. Supermax.

9. Short-Term Problems.

10. Money, Money, Money.

11. After Prison.

12. Some Modest Suggestions.

Endnotes.

Index.

About the Author

Alan Elsner has written extensively about conditions in jails and prisons, visiting institutions in a dozen states to meet with inmates, lawyers, corrections officers, medical staff, religious volunteers, family members and law enforcement. He has 25 years' experience in journalism, covering stories ranging from the September 11, 2001 attacks on America and the Arab-Israeli conflict to the 2000 presidential election and the end of the Cold War. Elsner is currently National Correspondent for Reuters news agency. For more information, visit .

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