NYCHS
presentation
page list
for John N. Miskell's
Why Auburn?
-- the
Relationship
between
Auburn and
the Prison©
  1. Front Cover,
    Title Page,
    Copyright,
    Webmaster
    notes

  2. Preface:
    Founding
    of village,
    changing
    its name.

  3. Intro-
    duction,
    Auburn
    Seeks
    Prison,
    NY Prison
    System,
    Newgate
    Prison

  4. Auburn
    Prison
    beginnings,
    the
    Aurburn
    System

  5. Labor
    Problems, Villagers'
    Reaction,
    Punishments,
    Economic
    Setback

  6. Changes
    in the
    community
    & in the
    prison,
    labor unions,
    state use
    system,
    education
    impact,
    punishments.

  7. First
    electrocution,
    treatment
    progress,
    Mutual
    Welfare
    League,
    physical
    plant
    deteriorates
    riots

  8. Auburnians
    request
    prison
    removal,
    reconstruction,
    set back
    in city,
    expansion of
    education
    program,
    inmate unrest,
    impact of
    court decisions

  9. Custody &
    security,
    prison
    in 1990s,
    Corcraft
    industries,
    new
    directions,
    prison
    employees,
    part of
    community.

  10. Acknow-
    ledgments,
    works
    consulted

©1991 by
John N.
Miskell
Auburn,
New York