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Competing with the likes of Detroit and Ann Arbor, Jackson won the battle to build Michigan's first state prison in 1838. During the era of the "Big House" and industrial growth, the penitentiary's on-site factories and cheap inmate labor helped Jackson become a thriving manufacturing city. In contrast to Jacktown's beautiful Greco-Roman exterior, medieval punishments, a strict code of silence, no heat, no electricity and a lack of plumbing defined life on the inside. Author Judy Gail Krasnow shares the incredible stories of life at Jacktown, replete with sadistic wardens, crafty escapees, Prohibition's Purple Gang, a chaplain who ran a brothel and influential reformers.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword, by James W. Guerriero
- Preface: From Miami, Florida, to Michiganās First State Prison
- Acknowledgements
- 1. The Establishment of the Penitentiary
- 2. Michigan Becomes a State, and the Battle for Its First Prison Begins
- 3. The First House of Incarceration: A Wooden Fort
- 4. Brick, Mortar and Stone Now Pave the Way for the Prison
- 5. Breaking Oneās Spirit: Punishments and a New Law
- 6. A Sadistic Reign with a Just Ending: Agent John Morris
- 7. The Night Keeperās Era: Reports and Reforms of John H. Purves
- 8. Infamous Jacktown Rapscallions
- 9. Other Scoundrels and a Bungled Escape
- 10. The Contract System, Industry and Distinctive Interaction with the Town
- 11. Women in Michiganās First State Prison
- 12. The Pendulum Swings: From Punishment to Reform, Education and the Arts
- 13. The Closing of Michiganās First State Prison and the Near Canary Revolt
- 14. The Ghosts Make Their Appearances
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- About the Author
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