Description: North Carolina's State Prison was typical of American prisons in the 19th century, but with an important difference. North Carolina put most of its inmates outside prison walls to work on road camps and prison farms for the purpose of getting useful w
Brief description: William G. Hinkle, PhD, has published five books: School Violence, Careers in Criminal Justice, A History of Bridewell Prison, The Decisive Decade in the History of the Elmira Reformatory: 1867-1877, and Elmira Reformatory for Arcadia Publishing in 2014.