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Prisoner Activism and Organization
by Jonathan Schachter Source: “I Make American Flags for Thirty-five Cents a Day”[1] This article, from a December 16, 1972 – January 5, 1973 issue, was published by a newspaper entitled Fifth Estate. The piece “I Make American Flags for Thirty-five Cents a Day,” details the sentiments and experiences of a convict laborer at Green […]
Malta: The Epitome of a Carceral State
by Gabriela Fonseca Image: Barred Windows [1] Carceral states are often thought to be those that rely on prisons and jails, but there are sites of incarceration aside from local jails and state or federal prisons. Immigration detention centers are places of extreme penal oversight often because they operate under different regulations than ‘normal’ prisons […]
Convict Leasing in 1920s Georgia
by Audrey Vila Source: “Papers of the NAACP: Prisoner leasing to states and federal prisoner treatment legislation” [0] Published as an NAACP subject file, the source is a collection of newspaper articles about an alleged instance of convict leasing in Georgia in 1929. Almost 100 Black prisoners were leased from the Atlanta Federal Prison to […]
$50 reward for the capture of Henry Williams!
by Xitlali Ramirez Image: “$50 reward for the capture of Henry Williams!”[1] The image shown above was created by P. J. Rogger under the Tennessee Coal, Iron, & Rail Road Company (TCI) in the 1880s.[2] The source claims that a convict named Henry Williams escaped from the Pratt Mines prison. TCI purchased Pratt Mines […]
Presidio Modelo
by John Markis Image: Presidio Modelo circa 1930[1] Captured just before the Presidio Modelo’s opening in the early 1930s, this image depicts the panopticon’s eminence, a towering effigy of state control within the barren landscape.[2] The University of Florida released a complete album of Cuban architecture in 1970 to bolster its collection of miscellaneous […]
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