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At Hard Labor: Inmate Labor at the Colorado State Penitentiary, 1871-1940

At Hard Labor: Inmate Labor at the Colorado State Penitentiary, 1871-1940

McGinn, Elinor

Hardcover

Series: American University Studies, Book 137

19th Century United States History20th Century United States HistoryCriminology

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ISBN10: 0820420972
ISBN13: 9780820420974
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: Dec 1 1993
Pages: 172
Language: English
This first-of-a-kind study places the Colorado State Penitentiary in a national context of traditional incarceration and inmate labor as a means of punishment, reform and self-support. The author's thorough research reveals that an ever-expanding institution can bolster the economy of a community, but fail to become self-supporting. When inmate labor competed with free labor and free enterprise, the latter two formed an unusual alliance leading to legislation that confined prison labor to state-use production only. For a time, Colorado attracted national attention with its successful honor road camps where inmates prepared over 2000 miles of road. Details of other early experiments with prison labor illustrate the unique Colorado environment.

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