The deviant prison : Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary and the origins of America's modern penal system, 1829-1913 / Ashley T. Rubin.

Early nineteenth-century American prisons followed one of two dominant models: the Auburn system, in which prisoners performed factory-style labor by day and were placed in solitary confinement at night, and the Pennsylvania system, where prisoners faced 24-hour solitary confinement for the duration...

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Main Author: Rubin, Ashley T. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Series:Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108754095
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