Gabfest Reads | The Recent Past of Prison Punishment

Emily Bazelon talks with author and Yale professor Judith Resnik about her new book, Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo…). They discuss the history of the prison system’s use of punishments like whipping, how the practice came to an end, and more.

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