Introduction -- Out of the Ashes -- Chapter One. Bathurst - Riots, Bashings and Cover Up -- The 1970 Riot -- The "Cover Up" -- Bathurst - February 1974 -- Recommendations on Bathurst -- The Future of Bathurst Gaol -- The New Regime -- Justice for All? -- Chapter Two. Grafton and Katingal - The "Treatment of Intractables -- Grafton - The First Attempt -- The Official Acquiescence -- Katingal- The Modern Alternative? -- "Dangerous Offender" -- The Katingal Inmate -- The Structure of Katingal -- The Closure -- Chapter Three. Prison Security -- Concentration or Dispersal? -- Escapes -- Riot Control -- Perimeter Security -- Searches -- Communication with Society at Large -- The Staff -- Dispersal Units -- A Radical Alternative? -- Containing the "Mad and the Bad" -- Special Care Unit -- Chapter Four. Prisoner Discipline -- Formal and Informal Discipline -- Disciplinary Offences -- The Visiting Justice -- Representation -- Appeals --Chapter Five. Life Inside - Prisoner Amenities and Conditions -- Physical Conditions -- Communication -- Amelioration of Prison Conditions -- Expansion of Prisoner Amenities -- Chapter Six. Prison Programmes - Labour, Education and Vocational Training -- Prison Industry and Prisoner Employment -- Difficulties and Disadvantages of Prison Industry -- System of Prison Industries prior to the Royal Commission -- Educational and Vocational Training -- Inmate Involvement in Education and Training at the time of the Royal Commission -- The Education Programme -- Objectives for Education and Training within Prison -- Criticisms of Education and Training Programme -- Conclusion --
Chapter Seven. Do Prisoners Have Rights ? -- Special Prison Ombudsman -- "Rights" or "Challenges to Illegal Restraints" -- Complaints Procedures -- "Rights" - An Unavoidable Conclusion Chapter Eight. Release -- Dates at which the Sentence Commences -- Remissions -- Parole -- Parole and Probation Service -- Non Parole Periods and the Granting of Parole -- Parole Officers -- Revocation of Parole -- Parole and Life Sentence Prisoners -- Committee After Commission! -- The Future of Parole -- Chapter Nine. The Politics of Prison Reform -- Why does the Prison still exist? -- Reformist Ideology -- The Process of Prison Reform - A Case Study -- Obstacles to Reform -- The Politics of Reform