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1. Introduction 2. A Brief History of Imprisonment in America (1600-1900) 3. The Twentieth Century Prison Building Binge 4. Federal Prisons in The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 5. Profiting from Punishment: Corporations and American Prisons 6. The Final Solution - Capital Punishment 7. Less Visible Prison Minorities - Women, Children and the Elderly 8. Prison By-Products - Violence and Disease 9. The Future of Prisons in The United States References Index