The origins of the fractionalization of Connecticut society into patriot and loyalist factions are presented followed by a case study of the use of Newgate Prison as a tool for the suppression of such deviance. Newgate Prison was the first true colonial prison for the long-term punishment of serious offenders. Although the prison was designed for conventional offenders, the war transformed the mission of the facility so that it confined common and political offenders simultaneously in a nonsegregated institutional environment. The wartime experience of the prison is described, the use of incarceration in Newgate is considered in the context of the larger strategy adopted to control Troy activity during the war, and the significance of Newgate's wartime experience is examined. 10 footnotes and 71 references