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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)

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Confronting Confinement: A Report of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons (2006), by Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons, contrib. by John J. Gibbons and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach (PDF with commentary at vera.org)
Prison Reform in the United States (New York: National Printing Co., 1877) (page images at MOA)
Remarks on Prisons and Prison Discipline in the United States (Philadelphia: Joseph Kite and Co., 1845), by Dorothea Lynde Dix (multiple formats at Google)
Woman in prison (Published by Hurd and Houghton ;, 1869), by Caroline H. Woods (page images at HathiTrust)
Supermax prisons and the Constitution : liability concerns in the extended control unit (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, 2004), by William C. Collins and National Institute of Corrections (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
The findings and recommendations of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons : hearing before the Subcommittee on Corrections and Rehabilitation of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, June 8, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Corrections and Rehabilitation (page images at HathiTrust)
Prison discipline in America (C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1847), by Francis Calley Gray (page images at HathiTrust)
Federal role in promoting and using special alternative incarceration : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, second session, January 29, 1990 (Lansing, MI) ; March 1, 1990 (Washington, DC). (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1990), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management (page images at HathiTrust)
A brief statement of the causes which have led to the abandonment of the celebrated system of penitentiary discipline, in some of the United States of America : in a letter to the Hon. Stephen Allen, of New-York. (Harris, 1827), by William Roscoe and Stephen Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
Prison boot camps : too early to measure effectiveness : briefing report to the Honorable Lloyd Bentsen, U.S. Senate (The Office, 1988), by Lloyd Bentsen and United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
The Pennsylvanian system of prison discipline triumphant in France. (Printed by I. Ashmead, 1847), by George Sumner and Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons (page images at HathiTrust)
Humanity and humanitarianism : with special reference to the prison systems of Great Britain and the United States, the question of criminal lunacy, and capital punishment (F.B. Kitto, 1871), by William Tallack (page images at HathiTrust)
Prison reform in the United States : proceedings of a conference held at Newport, Rhode Island, August 1st and 2d, 1877. (National Print. Co., 1877) (page images at HathiTrust)
Prisoner management and control (U.S. Bureau of Prisons, 1969), by Mark S. Richmond and United States Bureau of Prisons (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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