Introduction
Part I. What is mass incarceration? 1. Definition ; 2. The deprivation of incarceration ; 3. Where is mass incarceration? ; 4. Distinguishing the criminal justice and criminal legal systems
Part II. The building blocks of mass incarceration. 5. A crime surge ; 6. Repeating patterns: crime, outrage, and harsher laws ; 7. Legislating more punishment and less rehabilitation ; 8. The futility of fighting crime with criminal law ; 9. The role of race
Part III. The mechanics of mass incarceration. 10. More police, different arrests ; 11. Prosecutors turning arrests into convictions ; 12. Judges turning convictions into incarceration ; 13. Judicial interpretation ; 14. Punishing repeat offenses ; 15. The parole-and-probation-to-prison pipeline ; 16. Disappearing pardons ; 17. The mindlessness of jail
Part IV. The road to recovery. 18. What success looks like ; 19. (Mostly) abolish the feds ; 20. Less crime, Part 1: changing the rules ; 21. Less crime, Part 2: decreased offending ; 22. Reducing admissions and shortening stays
Conclusion.