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The Cultural History of Prisons

Author Michael Welch on how he discovered the "pull of punishment," by which visitors are drawn into the cultural history of prisons, unfolding at former prisons.
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Learning from the History of Rape Kit Protocols

Author Jaimie Morse on how the history of rape kit protocols raises questions of epistemology, representation, and social justice in anti-rape activism in medicine.
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Societies Contoured Along Penal Power

Author Michael Welch presents an excerpt from his new book about the enduring meaning of containment and surveillance in post-conflict societies.
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Visions of Prisons: Wars, Walls, and Watching

by Michael Welch (Author)
Apr 2026
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Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration

by Matthew D.C. Larsen (Author), Mark Letteney (Author)
Aug 2025
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Banished Men: How Migrants Endure the Violence of Deportation

by Abigail Leslie Andrews (Author)
Jul 2024
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