Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figure -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Organisation and the Task -- The Theoretical Problem -- The Prison Officer-Task and Structure -- 2 The Background to the Centralisation of the Prison System -- The Erosion of Local Power -- The Prisons Act 1877-The End of Local Administration -- 3 Building the Prison Service -- The New Prison Commission -- 'Economy and Uniformity' -- The Principal Staff Problems Inherited from the Local Services -- The Para-Military Structure -- 'Militarism' -- 4 1850-80: The Early Years -- The Convict Service Inheritance -- The Early Years of the Local Service -- 5 1880-91: Two Major Inquiries -- The Rosebery Committee -- The De Ramsey Committee -- 6 1892-5: The Gladstone Committee -- Events Leading to the Gladstone Committee -- The Evidence and Background to it -- The Committee's Recommendations -- The Effects of the Gladstone Report -- 7 1895-1921: A Change of Direction -- Introduction -- The End of the Separate System -- New Methods of Control -- The Staff in a Changing Situation -- The Role of the Governor -- Prisoners and Uniformed Staff-Situations Compared -- 'Put Your Trust in the Magazine and all will be Well'-Officers and Trade Unions -- The End of the Ruggles-Brise Regime -- 8 1922-45: The Paterson Initiative -- The Golden Age of Prison Reform -- The Dartmoor Mutiny -- Reformation and the Officer. I: Crystallising a Conflict -- The Borstal Housemaster -- Reformation and the Officer. II: A Lowering of Status -- Escapes-Measuring Task Failure -- The Effect of the War -- 9 1945-68: The Crisis Erupts -- Further Reforms -- A Mounting Crisis -- The Context of the Officer's Role -- 'The Modern Prison Officer'.