The Ghost of Prisons Future: Mass Incarceration in Historical Context
August 20, 2014
American History, Cultural Studies, History, Uncategorized, Uncategorized
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Guest post by Joseph F. Spillane Historians have, finally, seized upon the phenomenon of mass incarceration as a subject worthy of serious consideration. The astonishing and unprecedented rise of imprisonment rates between the early 1970s and the 2000s is undoubtedly one of the most significant developments in modern social policy. Indeed, mass incarceration is now…