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Maryland Historical Society

ISBN 0-938420-67-4
256 pages. Illustrations, appendices, index. $30.00 cloth

Available in bookstores and from the Maryland Historical Society. MHS member discount 35%.
Available to libraries and booksellers through regular channels.		 The first history of the oldest continuously operating institution of its kind in the Western World—the Maryland State Penitentiary in Baltimore. Opened in 1811, the penitentiary was first regarded as a profound improvement in the reform and treatment of criminals, as men and women formerly sentenced to labor on Baltimore's notorious "wheelbarrow gangs" were given a chance to served their sentences behind sheltering walls. Later, reform sometimes gave way to cruelty and corruption, but always the institution righted itself. In all, more than 30,000 Marylanders lived part of their lives behind its walls, and in those lives lies a remarkable story. Now it is here for the telling.

Wallace Shugg brings to this book a wealth of experience and talent. Educated at Williams College, Columbia University, and the U.S. Navy, Shugg taught literature and creative writing—at a university and within prison walls. His keen eye for detail and human character has brought us an unforgettable look at a world most of us will never see. To see more, take the tour....