Southern Penal Discipline and Wartime Prison Labor: Georgia and Atlanta Penitentiary Photographs, 1925–1941
Unidentified press photographers, Georgia and federal penitentiary prisoner photographs, 1925–1941, document systems of penal discipline and prison labor in the American South, supporting research into carceral punishment, forced labor practices, and the integration of incarcerated workers into state and federal economies. The material captures two distinct but related systems: punitive.....
