Since the mid-nineteenth century, Americans have known the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York as a site of industrial production, a place to heal from disease, and a sprawling outdoor playground that must be preserved in its wild state.
Less well known, however, has been the area's role in hosting a network of state and federal prisons.
A Prison in the Woods traces the planning, construction, and operation of penitentiaries in five Adirondack Park communities from the 1840s through .
University Of Massachusetts Press A prison in the woods: environment and incarceration in new york's north country, paperback/clarence jefferson hall
