Frontier Kansas Jails
In: Landmarks
Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I. THE EARLY HISTORY OF JAILS -- 1. Gaols in England -- 2. Banishment -- 3. The First American Jails -- PART II. THE NATION EXPANDS INTO TERRITORIAL KANSAS -- 4. The Prison City -- 5. First Territorial Jail? -- 6. Constable James Butler Hickok -- PART III. AN INVITATION TO VIOLENCE -- 7. The Great Political Prison Home at Lecompton -- 8. The Iron Jail of Lawrence City -- 9. Mobocracy -- PART IV. EXPANDING JAILS ACROSS THE KANSAS FRONTIER -- 10. Fortified Lockups -- 11. Cowtown Jails -- 12. The Squirrel Cage of Wichita -- 13. The Steel Cage Builders -- PART V. JAIL INSPECTION AND REFORM -- 14. Expanding Social Control -- Notes -- About the Author.