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• The Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Exploring Causes and Consequences (2014), by National Research Council Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration, ed. by Jeremy Travis, Bruce Western, and F. Stevens Redburn (HTML with commentary at NAP)
• Programs and activities : tools for managing inmate behavior (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, 2010), by Mark D. Martin, Richard J. Kaledas, and National Institute of Corrections (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prison reform (Newark, Ohio: : [publisher not identified], 1894, 1894), by Milton R. Scott (page images at HathiTrust)

• The battle behind bars : Navy and Marine POWs in the Vietnam War (Naval History & Heritage Command, Dept. of the Navy, 2010), by Stuart I. Rochester (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Accuracy Counts: Incarcerated People and the Census (New York: Brennan Center for Justice, c2004), by Patricia E. Allard and Kirsten D. Levingston (PDF with commentary at brennancenter.org)
• Our Penal Machinery and its Victims (new and revised edition; Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Co., 1886), by John Peter Altgeld (page images at HathiTrust)
• The prison experience of career criminals (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice :, 1980), by Joan Petersilia, Charles Hubay, Paul Honig, National Institute of Justice (U.S.), and Rand Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Assessment of coeducational corrections (National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, U.S. Dept. of Justice : [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1978), by Koba Associates (page images at HathiTrust)
• The special management, inmate (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Office of Development, Testing, and Dissemination :, 1985), by Richard A. McGee, Nora Harlow, George Warner, Abt Associates, Testing National Institute of Justice (U.S.). Office of Development, and American Justice Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report presented at the Fifty-First Congress of the American Prison Association, Jacksonville, Florida, 1921 (Russell Sage Foundation, 1922), by American Correctional Association. Committee on Treatment of Persons Awaiting Court Action and Misdemeanant Prisoners and Hastings H. Hart (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Pamphlets] DP (Russell Sage Foundation, 1926), by Russell Sage Foundation. Dept. of Delinquency and Penology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Receipt of social security benefits by persons incarcerated in penal institutions : hearing before the Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, June 20, 1980. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1980), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security (page images at HathiTrust)
• Social security benefits for prisoners (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1980), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security (page images at HathiTrust)
• The effect of prison crowding on inmate behavior (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 1981), by Garvin McCain, Paul B. Paulus, Verne C. Cox, and National Institute of Justice (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of a prison telemedicine network (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 1999), by Douglas McDonald, Department of Justice and Department of Defense Joint Technology Program (U.S.). Steering Group, and Abt Associates (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tuberculosis in correctional facilities 1994-95 (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 1996), by Karen Wilcock and National Institute of Justice (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Implementing telemedicine in correctional facilities (U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 2002), by Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• To examine tax fraud committed by prison inmates : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, June 29, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Oversight (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extracts from the second report of (William Crawford and Whitworth Russell, esqs.) the inspectors of prisons for the home district; addressed to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Home Department ... (Republished by the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, 1838), by Great Britain Home Office, Whitworth Russell, Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, and Great Britain. Inspectors of Prisons for the Home District (page images at HathiTrust)
• Crimes against criminals (The Roycrofters, 1906), by Robert Green Ingersoll (page images at HathiTrust)
• Research involving prisoners : report and recommendations (The Commission, 1976), by United States National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oversight on issues related to incarcerated veterans : hearing before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, July 11, 1979. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off. :, 1979), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Interviewer self study for survey of inmates of state correctional facilities. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1986), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inside prisons (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 1988), by James B. Jacobs and National Institute of Justice (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A fragment of the prison experiences of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman: In the State Prison at Jefferson City, Mo., and the U. S. Penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. February, 1918–October, 1919, by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman (Gutenberg ebook)

• Dangerous Convictions: An Introduction to Extremist Activities in Prisons (c2002), by Anti-defamation League (PDF at Wayback Machine)
• Prison rule violators (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1990), by James J. Stephan and United States Bureau of Justice Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Rose Man of Sing Sing: A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism (New York: Fordham University Press, 2003), by James McGrath Morris (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
• The Road (New York: Macmillan, 1907), by Jack London (Gutenberg text)
• The story of a proletarian life (Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, 1924), by Bartolomeo Vanzetti (page images at HathiTrust)
• Love can open prison doors (Melrose Press, 1943), by Starr Daily (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Love can open prison doors (Melrose Press, 1941), by Starr Daily (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Classification of jail prisoners (U.S. Bureau of Prisons, 1971), by Mark S. Richmond (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Guidelines for developing, implementing and revising an objective prison classification system (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 1987), by Robert A. Buchanan, Karen L. Whitlow, and National Institute of Justice (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Internal prison classification systems : case studies in their development and implementation (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, 2002), by Patricia L. Hardyman and National Institute of Corrections (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Revalidating external prison classification systems : the experience of ten states and model for classification reform (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, 2002), by Patricia L. Hardyman, Owan C. Tulloch, James Austin, National Institute of Corrections (U.S.), National Council on Crime and Delinquency, and Justice George Washington University. Institute on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
• Classification of high-risk and special management prisoners : a national assessment of current practices (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, 2004), by James Austin, Kenneth McGinnis, and National Institute of Corrections (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Key to a safe and secure jail (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, 2009), by Virginia Hutchinson, Mark D. Martin, Thomas Reid, Kristin Keller, and National Institute of Corrections (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Classification of offenders as an aid to efficient management and effective treatment (The Commission, 1967), by Marguerite Q. Warren and United States. President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice (page images at HathiTrust)

• National Symposium on Children in Jail (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1981), by National Symposium on Children in Jail, Rosemary Ahmann, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Community Research Forum, National Coalition for Jail Reform, and United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (page images at HathiTrust)

• Inmates' access to personal information (The Office, 1999), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2007 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, on H.R. 2908, July 24, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by Terrorism United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)

• American Probation and Parole Association's drug testing guidelines and practices for adult probation and parole agencies (Bureau of Justice Assistance, 1991), by United States Bureau of Justice Assistance, Council of State Governments, and American Probation and Parole Association (page images at HathiTrust)

• A criminal justice system strategy for treating cocaine-heroin abusing offenders in custody (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Office of Communication and Research Utilization, 1988), by Harry K. Wexler, Bruce D. Johnson, Douglas S. Lipton, Abt Associates, and National Institute of Justice (U.S.). Office of Communication and Research Utilization (page images at HathiTrust)
• In-prison programs for drug-involved offenders / by Marcia R. Chaiken ; prepared for the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, by Abt Associates Inc., under #OJP-86-002. (The Institute, 1989), by Marcia R. Chaiken, Abt Associates, and National Institute of Justice (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Intervening with substance-abusing offenders : a framework for action : the report of the National Task Force on Correctional Substance Abuse Strategies : executive summary. (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, 1991), by National Task Force on Correctional Substance Abuse Strategies (U.S.) and National Institute of Corrections (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Identifying drug users and monitoring them during conditional release (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Office of Communication and Research Utilization, 1988), by Eric D. Wish, John P. Bellassai, Mary A. Toborg, Abt Associates, and National Institute of Justice (U.S.). Office of Communication and Research Utilization (page images at HathiTrust)
• United States Bureau of Prisons staff study : institutional drug abuse treatment programs and utilization of prescription drugs at five institutions : a report of the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session. (U.S. G.P.O., 1980), by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. Task Force on the Bureau of Prisons and United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prosecutorial response to heavy drug caseloads : comprehensive problem-reduction strategies (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 1993), by Barbara Boland, Kerry Murphy Healey, Abt Associates, and National Institute of Justice (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Drugs in institutions hearings before the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session, pursuant to S. Res. 72, section 12, Investigation of juvenile delinquency in the United States : the abuse and misuse of controlled drugs in institutions ... July 31 and August 18, 1975. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency (page images at HathiTrust)
• Drug treatment : state prisons face challenges in providing services (The Office, 1991), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Drug treatment : despite new strategy, few federal inmates receive treatment : report to the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives (GAO, 1991), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Intervening with substance-abusing offenders : a framework for action : the report of the National Task Force on Correctional Substance Abuse Strategies. (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, 1991), by National Task Force on Correctional Substance Abuse Strategies (U.S.) and National Institute of Corrections (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

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