Hard Labor and Hard Time

by Miller, Vivien M. L.

• ISBN13: 9780813039855
• ISBN10: 0813039851
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-08-12
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida

Summary

Hard Labor and Hard Time fills a significant gap in the literature on southern prisons and punishment by presenting a history of Florida's state prison system between the 1910s and late 1950s, specifically the state prison farm at Raiford (the third largest prison farm in the South at this time) and the chain gangs and road prisons scattered around the state.

Author Biography

Vivien M. L. Miller is associate professor of American history at the University of Nottingham and author of Crime. Sexual Violence, and Clemency: Florida's Pardon Board and Penal System in the Progressive Era.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Building the "Best Prison in the South"	p. 19
Good Roads, Bad Men, and the Ugliest of Conditions	p. 46
Cruel and Usual Punishments	p. 72
The Rise of the Sunshine Prison	p. 106
Chapman and the Big House	p. 133
Florida's Hard Road during the Depression and War Years	p. 159
Continuity and Change at Raiford	p. 188
Prison Health Care	p. 218
Life in the Big House	p. 240
Riot and Disorder at the Rock	p. 268
Conclusion	p. 288
Notes	p. 293
Bibliography	p. 369
Index	p. 389
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