| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| | Introduction | [5] |
| I | Early Life | [11] |
| II | Beginning a Career | [16] |
| III | Persisting in Misdeeds | [21] |
| IV | Effects of Gambling | [27] |
| V | The Reform School | [30] |
| VI | Escape and Recapture | [36] |
| VII | Discipline | [41] |
| VIII | Life in Prison | [47] |
| IX | Prison Experiences | [49] |
| X | Criminal Classes | [57] |
| XI | Some Types of Crooks | [61] |
| XII | Morals in the Underworld | [66] |
| XIII | Systematic Lawlessness | [69] |
| XIV | Betrayal and Arrest | [74] |
| XV | Peculiarities of “Yeggs” | [79] |
| XVI | Concerning Prison Management | [83] |
| XVII | Mistakes of a Chaplain | [86] |
| XVIII | Contract Labor | [89] |
| XIX | Pardoned | [99] |
| XX | Difficulties of the Ex-Prisoner | [104] |
| XXI | Reformation | [109] |
| XXII | Comparisons | [112] |
| XXIII | A Plea for Discharged Prisoners | [117] |