1."The Prison and the Factory" Revisited (2017): Penality and the Critique of Political Economy Between Marx and Foucault Part 1 Prison and Labour in Europe and Italy During the Formation of the Capitalist Mode of ProductionDario Melossi2. Creation of the Modern Prison in England and Europe (1550-1850) 3. Genesis of the Prison in ItalyPart 2 The Penitentiary Invention: The US Experience of the First Half of the Nineteenth CenturyMassimo Pavarini4. The Jacksonian Era: Economic Development, Marginality and Social Control Policy5. The Penitentiary as a Model of the Ideal Society6. Conclusions: Contractual Reason and Disciplinary Necessity at the Basis of Punishment by Deprivation of Liberty7.Understanding Punishment Today (2017): The PrisonWithout the Factory