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Carceral History

Showcasing new books and research in U.S. carceral history, policing history, incarceration history, criminal justice history, abolitionist history (and beyond)

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prisoners "who write to determine their own fates and secure justice"

Melanie Newport · 24 Nov 2025

author's pitch: how Eleanor Bumpurs became "more than my neighbor"

Melanie Newport · 18 Nov 2025

territory, cows, and the crooked paths to policing’s autocracy

Melanie Newport · 27 Oct 2025

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