Spending a little bit of time with us. American history. You all for joining us. And im really excited to be here. So im paul renfro im an associate profeste university and the author of im reading my own stranger danger, family values, childhood and the carceral state. It was published by Oxford University press in 2020 and forthcoming the life and death of ryan white aids and inuality in america will be out with umc later this year and i am t to to introduce our august panel. Sarena martinez is a dphil student in american at the university of oxford. She studies 20th century american political development. Work traces the contours of the relationship between state legislatures and local governments and consequences. An important and often overlooked fulcrum of the political and Economic Development of the ameri scholar earned her m. S. Is at in economic and social history at the university of oxford and b. A. From vanderbilt in psychology and french. Previously, serena served as a ma
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States. The panelists examine different e ands in prison structur inmate control from the early days of the republic to modern times. They also discussed the issue of race in the prison system. It is a little over one hour. Good afternoon. My name is dane kennedy. Im the director of the National History center, which is associated with the American Historical Association. I want to welcome all of you this afternoon to this congressional briefing on the history of incarceration. I should say as a preface, this is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the National History center that brings historical perspectives to issues that currently confront congress. The center is strictly nonpartisan and the purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policy or set of policies, but rather to provide the Historical Context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. I went to acknowledge the Financial Support of the Mellon Foundation which
For any particular policy or set of policies, but rather to provide the Historical Context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. I want to acknowledge first off the Financial Support of the mellon foundation, which has made this program possible, and also the work of amanda mooneys, the assistant director, and Frankie Lyons for organizing todays event. The history of mass incarceration, the us you of ofs incarceration issue mass incarceration has reached a Critical Mass of attention in the last six months or so. There have been initiatives that have been launched obviously by the senate just this week. And in various other venues as well. All of them calling for reform of the system of incarceration, and what is interesting is that this has been a Bipartisan Initiative involving democrats and republicans. It is a response to what is clearly a serious problem. I just want to offer a few brief statistics to highlight this. The United States
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