Foreword: Emma Bell; Preface; Chapter 1: Against Imprisonment; Chapter 2: Walking Among the Graves of the Living; Chapter 3: Escaping the Logic of "Crime"; Chapter 4: Justifications of Punishment and Questions of Penal Legitimacy; Chapter 5: The Changing Face of the Prison; Chapter 6: Problematising "Common Sense" Understandings of Prison Violence; Chapter 7: Contesting the Spirit of Death; Chapter 8: Saying NO to the Mega Prison; Chapter 9: Unequalled in Pain; Bibliography; Index

'The multitude of perspectives, the pleasantly readable linguistic style and commitment with which Scott writes, make Against Imprisonment a refreshing and instructive read.'-- TOA (German Restorative Justice Journal); `Scott systematically dismantles widely-accepted justifications for punishment on ethical, political, philosophical and practical grounds, forcefully demonstrating that the only clear purpose of imprisonment is the infliction of pain and suffering on all those who come into contact with the prison place, whether as detainees or staff. He provides us with fascinating glimpses...into what he describes as "modern-day cathedrals of pain". Turning the utopian myth that "prison works" on its head, he invites us to imagine "real utopian" non-penal alternatives to punishment that respect human dignity and deliver genuine social justice.'- Emma Bell (From the Foreword). 'This thought-provoking collection gave us a compelling analysis of current failings of the concept of imprisonment which should be compulsory reading for those working in the Ministry of Justice... the forerunner of massive change'--Elizabeth Robson Taylor and Phillip Taylor MBE of Richmond Green Chambers.