http://nicic.gov/Features/Library/?Tag=443The latest electronic resources added to the National Institute of Corrections online library for the topic of Prison history and development.Information regarding the Federal Bureau of Prisons is provided. This booklet covers: the Federal Bureau of Prisons -- an overview; growth of the federal inmate population; institutional security; inmate management; inmate programs; improving inmates' lives and reducing recidivism; preparing inmates for release; community-based confinement and community activities; community with inmates and the Bureau; and the image of corrections.http://nicic.gov/Library/0225439/21/2007 4:06:17 PMThe history of experimentation on prisoners is discussed. Topics covered include: Illinois's Stateville Prison, WWII, and malaria; the American Medical Association (AMA) committee headed by Andrew Ivy finds research ethically acceptable (1947); AMA changes its position in 1952; prisoners as research subjects is primarily practices in the U.S. post-WWII; inmates value being research subjects; shift in public opinion in the late 1960s; Jessica Mitford's January 1973 "Atlantic Monthly" article; the Kennedy hearings on human experimentation (1972) and the hesitancy to halt prison research; the Califano regulations (1980); and the abandonment of this practice.http://nicic.gov/Library/02175410/31/2006 10:33:59 AMSeven articles comprise this document: "The Transformation of Corrections: 50 Years of Silent Revolutions" by Simon Dinitz; by Dick Franklin -- "Culture Is. . .as Culture DOES", "Protective Custody: A Window to Institution Culture", "Supermax: More of the Same in the 21st Century?", and "Writing Made Easy. .[sic] [strike out Easy, replace with] Easier"; "In-Service Training: Missed Opportunities or Instrument of Change" by Gary C. Mohr; and "Managing Prisons in the 21st Century" by Richard P. Seiter.http://nicic.gov/Library/01577810/31/2006 10:33:54 AMThe vision, knowledge, and thoughts of a prison warden are recorded. Nine chapters comprise this monograph: three eras in recent Canadian corrections; becoming a prison warden; trends in corrections; security technology; restorative justice; minimum security and Ferndale Institution; three prisons viruses -- disrespect, idleness, and detachment; the strengths of Canadian corrections; and last words -- do the right thing. Ron Wiebe died from terminal cancer two weeks after recording his observations.http://nicic.gov/Library/01891510/31/2006 10:33:46 AMAccess to the following is provided at this website: about the NYCHS; NYCHS chronicles, timeline, and museum; North Country criminal justice history; Ontario County jail histories; Rochester Penal History including the New York State (NYS) Sheriff Association information; Auburn and Osborne; history of executions in Auburn Prison; Friends of Island Academy; history of the Correctional Association of New York; "Return to Raymond Street Jail -- a Tour of Brooklyn's Bastille"; "First: Blackwell's Island. Then: Welfare Island. Now. . .Roosevelt Island"; "Chaplain Chapin's Cards"; DOCS Memorial Wall (In Memoriam since 1922); Liberate Artifacts; Hart Island Potter's Field; searches and researchers; the New York City Department of Correction newsletter archive; and links.http://nicic.gov/Library/01789010/31/2006 10:33:43 AMBasic information regarding collection access and reproduction fees along with six sample "mug shots" are provided at this website. Photographs from prisoner number 3199 through prisoner number 67433 comprise this collection.http://nicic.gov/Library/01768310/31/2006 10:33:43 AMAccess to the American Prison Society Photographic Archive collected by William Bain is provided at this website include: about the collection; access the collection; access the inventory; search this site; other links; other resources; and contact information. "[R]ich in its depiction of early twentieth century prison life and conditions. . .[, this] collection covers numerous subjects such as prison living conditions, recreational activities, industries, hospital care, corporal living conditions, recreational activities, industries, hospital care, corporal living conditions, recreational activities, industries, hospital care, corporal punishment, work gangs on the farm and quarries, vocational activities, weapons confiscated prison architecture, . . . the death house. . .[and] prison officials" (p. 1).http://nicic.gov/Library/01722610/31/2006 10:33:42 AMThe dramatic growth and development of treatment programming for those offenders in Idaho is documented. Sections of this chronicle include: purpose; introduction; the 1970s; the 1980s; the 1990s; and conclusion.http://nicic.gov/Library/01722710/31/2006 10:33:42 AM