The problem of prisons : corrections reform in New Zealand since 1840 / Greg Newbold.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-316) and index.

Pt. I. This historical development of corrections in New Zealand -- 1. Birth of the prison -- 2. The development of correctional policy in New Zealand : 1814-1949 -- 3. Two decades of reform : 1949-1970 -- 4. Modernising the system : 1970-1985 -- 5. Later developments : 1985-1995 -- 6. Contemporary corrections : 1995-2006 -- Pt. II. Aspects of New Zealand corrections -- 7. The New Zealand prison system today -- 8. The maximum security prison -- 9. Women in prisons -- 10. The privatisation of corrections -- 11. Capital punishment -- 12. Corrections in the community -- 13. Specialised custodial sentences -- 14. The problem of reforming criminals -- App. 1. Chronology of sentencing variations -- App. 2. Chronology of women in corrections -- App. 3. Key dates of New Zealand's major prisons -- App. 4. New Zealand prison homicides.

Pt. I. The historical development of corrections in New Zealand. Birth of the prison -- The development of corrections policy in New Zealand : 1814-1949 -- Two decades of reform : 1949-1970 -- Modernising the system : 1970-1986 -- Later development : 1985-1995 -- Contemporary correction : 1995-2006. Pt. II. Aspects of New Zealand corrections. -- The New Zealand prison system today -- The maximum security prison -- Women in prisons -- The privatisation of corrections -- Capital punishment -- Corrections in the community -- Specialised custodial sentences -- The problem of reforming criminals. Appendices. Chronology of sentencing variations -- Chronology of women in corrections -- Key dates of New Zealand's major prisons -- New Zealand prison homicides.

"Greg Newbold provides a comprehensive history of the legislative and administrative changes in corrections and interweaves descriptions of the day-to-day realities of prison life as well as more occasional dramas such as the notorious prison escapes by Maori Mac, George Wilder and John Gillies, and the 1965 inmate riot that left Mt Eden almost uninhabitable for days." "The Problems of Prisons is the first full analysis of the history of the corrections system in New Zealand. It weighs the complex factors that have driven New Zealand's corrections philosophy and practice since 1840."--BOOK JACKET.