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Pages: 237
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Pages: 241
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Many people think prisons are all the same-rows of cells filled with violent men who officials rule with an iron fist. Yet, life behind bars varies in incredibl
Language: en
Pages: 430
Pages: 430
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-04-16 - Publisher: Columbia University Press
Beggars, outcasts, urchins, waifs, prostitutes, criminals, convicts, madmen, fallen women, lunatics, degenerates—part reality, part fantasy, these are the gro
Language: en
Pages: 236
Pages: 236
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