Carceral Histories of the Early Republic

  1. Read "Prison's Prior to Mass Incarceration" by Jen Manion.

Manion_PrisonsPriortoMassIncarceration.pdfPreview the document

  1. Listen to Jen Manion speak about her work on the podcast Ben Franklin's World.

https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/episode-080-jen-manion-libertys-prisoners-prisons-prison-life-early-america/ (Links to an external site.)

Answer the following question: How does the modern prison system have roots that are "embedded into the nation’s founding and woven into the very fabric of our democracy?"

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