The Prison and the Factory (40th Anniversary Edition): Origins of the Penitentiary System (Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology)

This new edition of__The Prison and the Factory__- a classic text which is the leading expression of the development of radical criminology towards analytical historical studies - includes two new, long essays from the authors and a foreword from Professor Jonathan Simon (Director, Center for the Study of Law and Society, University of Berkeley). In the two essays, the authors reflect on the changes and discussions surrounding mass incarceration that have taken place since this book was first published over 30 years ago. The reputation of__The Prison and the Factory__has long been established throughout the world, and this updated version of a classic text will be of very special interest to scholars of the criminal justice system, penology, and Marxist theory.This seminal book examines the links between the development of capitalist economics and changing forms of social control. Dario Melossi and Massimo Pavarini analyse the connection between the creation of penal institutions and regimes in Europe and the USA, and the problems of control generated by the emergence of capitalist social relations. They provide a thorough Marxist history of emergent capitalism and the penal mechanisms which are constructed to deal with the problem of labour.Parallel to the work of Michel Foucault and Michael Ignatieff but taking a broader comparative and politically nuanced view, Melossi and Pavarini combine research on the development of penal philosophies and institutions with a rigorous account of changing forms of capital accumulation, focusing on the use, and the problem, of labour under capitalist relations. They deal primarily with the early period of emergent capitalism, and offer comparative material on both European societies and North America.​ Preface (2017): Melossi and Pavarini’s The Prison and the Factory 7 Acknowledgements (1981) 12 Contents 13 Translator’s Note (1981) 17 Editors’ Introduction (1981) 18 Notes 20 Introduction (1981) 21 Notes 28 “The Prison and the Factory” Revisited (2017): Penality and the Critique of Political Economy Between Marx and Foucault 29 Genealogy 30 Political Economy of Punishment 32 The Destructuration of Authority: Struggles 35 The Destructuration of Authority: Marx and Foucault 37 Visions of Social Control 40 The Revanche of Capital: Discipline and Subordinate Inclusion 42 References 49 Part 1: Prison and Labour in Europe and Italy During the Formation of the Capitalist Mode of Production Dario Melossi 53 Creation of the Modern Prison in England and Europe (1550–1850) 54 Bridewells and Workhouses in Elizabethan England 54 Manufacture and the Amsterdam Rasp-Huis 59 Genesis and Development of Prisons in Other European Countries 67 Later Developments with Regard to English Institutions 77 Establishment of Modern Prison Practice in Continental Europe Between the Enlightenment and the First Half of the Nineteenth Century 93 Genesis of the Prison in Italy 123 The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 123 The Eighteenth Century 128 From the Napoleonic Period to Pre-unification 142 Part 2: The Penitentiary Invention: The US Experience of the First Half of the Nineteenth Century Massimo Pavarini 170 The Jacksonian Era: Economic Development, Marginality and Social Control Policy 171 Real Estate and the Family: The Basis of Social Control in the Colonial Period 171 The Structural Framework: From an Agricultural Society to an Industrial Economy 181 The Post-revolutionary Period: Process of Accumulation and Mercantile Economy 181 Industrial Take-Off (1820–60) 186 Processes of Disintegration and a New Policy of Social Control: The Institutional Hypothesis 190 The Birth of the Penitentiary: From Walnut Street Jail to Auburn Prison 196 Forms of Exploitation and Convict Labour Policy 204 The Penitentiary as a Model of the Ideal Society 227 Prison as ‘Factory of Men’ 227 The Dual Identity: ‘Criminal-Prisoner’ and ‘Propertyless-Prisoner’ 229 The Penitentiary System: The New Model of Disciplinary Power 234 Solitary Confinement: The Philadelphian Prison Hypothesis 236 The Silent System: The Auburn Prison Hypothesis 242 The Product of the Penitentiary Machine: The Proletarian 247 Appendix 1: Subordination of the Institutionalised Being (Inquiry at the Philadelphia Penitentiary, October 1831) 249 Appendix 2: The Administration of the ‘Silent System’ (Conversations with G. Barrett, B. C. Smith and E. Lynds) 259 Conclusions: Contractual Reason and Disciplinary Necessity at the Basis of Punishment by Deprivation of Liberty 270 Understanding Punishment Today (2017): The Prison Without the Factory 279 Chronicle of a Young Man’s Work 279 The Revisionist Penology of the 1970s 280 The Ambiguity of the Correctional Model 281 The Splendor of Punishment That Excludes 283 A New Discourse on Crime 285 Prison and War 288 Index 293 This new edition of The Prison and the Factory, a classic work on radical criminology, includes two new, long essays from the authors and a foreword from Professor Jonathan Simon (UC Berkeley). In the two essays, Melossi and Pavarini reflect on the origins, development and fortune of The Prison and the Factory in relation to the debates surrounding mass incarceration that have taken place since this book was first published 40 years ago. The reputation of the original work has long been established worldwide, and this updated version will be of very special interest to scholars of the criminal justice system, penology, and Marxist theory. This seminal book examines the links between the development of capitalist political economy and changing forms of social control. Melossi and Pavarini analyse the connection between the creation of penal institutions and regimes in Europe and the USA, and the problems generated by the emergence of capitalist soci al relations. They provide a thorough neo-Marxist view of emergent capitalism and the penal mechanisms which are constructed to deal with the problem of labour. Contemporary to but independent from the work of Michel Foucault, Melossi and Pavarini combine research on the development of penal philosophies and institutions with a rigorous account of changing forms of capital accumulation, focusing on the use, and the problem, of labour under capitalist relations. .-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxii “The Prison and the Factory” Revisited (2017): Penality and the Critique of Political Economy Between Marx and Foucault (Dario Melossi)....Pages 1-24 Front Matter ....Pages 25-25 Creation of the Modern Prison in England and Europe (1550–1850) (Dario Melossi)....Pages 27-95 Genesis of the Prison in Italy (Dario Melossi)....Pages 97-143 Front Matter ....Pages 145-145 The Jacksonian Era: Economic Development, Marginality and Social Control Policy (Massimo Pavarini)....Pages 147-202 The Penitentiary as a Model of the Ideal Society (Massimo Pavarini)....Pages 203-245 Conclusions: Contractual Reason and Disciplinary Necessity at the Basis of Punishment by Deprivation of Liberty (Massimo Pavarini)....Pages 247-255 Understanding Punishment Today (2017): The Prison Without the Factory (Massimo Pavarini)....Pages 257-270 Back Matter ....Pages 271-282 Annotation This new edition of 'The Prison and the Factory', a classic work on radical criminology, includes two new, long essays from the authors and a foreword from Professor Jonathan Simon (UC Berkeley). In the two essays, Melossi and Pavarini reflect on the origins, development and fortune of 'The Prison and the Factory' in relation to the debates surrounding mass incarceration that have taken place since this book was first published