Prisons: Why can’t we break free?
Don't Drink the Milk – The curious history of things
12/03/24
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Lock 'em up and throw away the key. Turns out that concept has been controversial from the beginning. There have always been cracks in the concept of incarceration, but have we let the system grow beyond our control? Journeying from prisons’ beginnings to now, and from the US to a small European country, we ask: who is prison actually serving?
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