After the Doors Were Locked offers a look at the history of youth corrections in California from its origins to the present day. Macallair comments on the practices and how they have evolved throughout the centuries. This book also looks at the reforms currently taking place in California prison systems today.

Foreword: Honorable Tom Ammiano, Former Chair, Assembly Public Safety CommitteeCalifornia State LegislaturePreface: Tim Silard, President, Rosenberg FoundationAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Juvenile Justice in Historical Perspective by Randall G. SheldenPART I: THE SAN FRANCISCO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AND THE ORIGINS OF YOUTH CORRECTIONS IN CALIFORNIA1 The Industrial School's Historical Roots2 The Founding of the San Francisco Industrial School3 Reorganization and Reform4 New Legal Procedures and Jurisprudence5 New Approaches and the Birth of Probation6 The Industrial School's LegacyPART II: CALIFORNIA ENTERS THE REFORM SCHOOL ERA7 The California State Penological Commission and the Search for New Approaches8 Founding of the California Juvenile Court9 The Whittier State School and the Realities of Institutional Life10 The Introduction of Intelligence Testing at Whittier and the Emergence of Eugenics11 Preston and the George Junior Republic Experiment12 The Establishment of the California School for Girls13 Preston in the 1920s and 1930s14 California Commission on the Study of Problem Children and the Reaffirmation of Institutional Care15 The 1930s: The Decade of Complacency and the End of an EraPART III: FROM REFORM SCHOOL TO CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM: THE CREATION OF THE CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY16 The Death of Benny Moreno17 The Death of Edward Leiva and the Lindsey Committee18 The Lindsey Report: Pulling Back the Curtain on Institutional Care19 The Birth of the California Youth Corrections Authority Act20 Expansion into the 1950s21 The Birth of Community TreatmentPART IV: THE YOUTH AUTHORITY'S DECLINE AND FALL22 Changing Politics of the 1970s and 1980s23 The Path toward More Punitive Justice24 The Commonweal Hearings25 The Farrell Litigation and the End of the Youth Authority Era26 Returning to the Past: Reviving the Doctrine of Institutional CarePART V: CONCLUSIONAfterword: Chet P. Hewitt, President & CEO, Sierra Health Foundation