kris_inwood, 7 months ago to econhist

Dramatic wage & price fluctuations influenced the hierarchies of well-being & working conditions in French prison workshops 1900-1940, according to Elsa Genard (Harvard) at the 2023 SSHA conference in Washington DC
https://ssha2023.ssha.org/sessions/177

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average wages in French prisons 1913-1938

ablueboxfullofbooks, 10 months ago to diversebooks

In this searing indictment of the juvenile justice system, one incarcerated teen weighs what she is willing to endure for forgiveness.

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ablueboxfullofbooks, 10 months ago to bookstodon

In a Whole New Way is a photographic self-portrait by New Yorkers who are serving a term of probation. The book also lifts the veil on this “second-chance” justice intervention that has spread from its origins in 1841 Boston to most of the world today.

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