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Mettray
- A History of France's Most Venerated Carceral Institution
- Binding:
- Hardback
- Pages:
- 277
- Published:
- November 14, 2019
- Dimensions:
- 160x236x26 mm.
- Weight:
- 526 g.
Delivery:
2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: August 1, 2025
Description of Mettray
The Mettray Penal Colony was a private reformatory without walls, established in France in 1840 for the rehabilitation of young male delinquents. Foucault linked its opening to the most significant change in the modern status of prisons and now, at last, Stephen Toth takes us behind the gates to show how the institution legitimized France's...
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