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    TPJ: Jails in the United States: The “Old-New” Frontier in American Corrections

    en-usOctober 28, 2015

    About this Episode

    Art Lurigio and Hank Steadman discuss the upcoming special issue for The Prison Journal, published January 2016. Art guest edited the issue and Hank is one of the featured authors.

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