La identidad en cuestión en la poesía carcelaria argentina (1976-1983)
The present article offers a view into the Argentinian poetry written by political prisoners during the last dictatorship (1976-1983). The limit situation experienced by the authors makes us consider their poems from an historical, political, literary ...
Amandine Guillard
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From the beginning of the 1970s to the end of the next decade, a large number of prisoners’ unions have emerged in both France and the United States. From Attica prison riot to the continuous unrest in Fleury-Merogis, union-based strategies highlight ...
Joël Charbit
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Social and environmental factors influencing in-prison drug use [PDF]
Purpose – There is a strong political imperative to regard the prison as a key social setting for health promotion, but evidence indicates that drug misuse continues to be a significant issue for many prisoners.
Woodall, J
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From the history of the struggle of political prisoners for their rights: The riot in Tsaritsyn prison [PDF]
In the article, when researching the events related to the riot of prisoners in Tsaritsyn prison in June 1904, various aspects of the stay of political prisoners in prisons of the Russian Empire are comprehensively considered, with an emphasis on the ...
Varfolomeev, Yuriy Vladimirovich
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The emergence of labour camps in Shandong province, 1942-1950 [PDF]
This article analyses the emergence of labour camps in the CCP base area of Shandong province from 1942 to 1950. By using original archival material, it provides a detailed understanding of the concrete workings of the penal system in a specific region ...
Dikötter, Frank
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L’univers des anciens prisonniers politiques en Syrie
There were many political prisoners in Syria from the 1970s up to the early 1990s. In 1991 the state began a gradual release program which lasted until 2005.
Yassin al-Haj Saleh
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The prisoner's right to vote and civic responsibility: Reaffirming the social contract? [PDF]
Copyright © 2009 NAPOThis article considers the issue of the prisoner’s right to vote in the light of recent developments in law and policy. It critically reviews the purported justifications for disenfranchisement and argues that re-enfranchisement ...
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"Annihilation through labor": the killing of state prisoners in the Third Reich [PDF]
One of the most distinctive features of Nazi society was the increasingly radical division of its members into “national comrades” and “community aliens.” The former were to be protected by the state and encouraged to procreate, while the latter were ...
Wachsmann, Nikolaus
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Rewriting the World: Gendered Violence, the Political Imagination and Memoirs from the “Years of Lead” in Morocco [PDF]
Prison literature (littérature carcérale or adab al-sujun) has shed light on censured dimensions of Moroccan postcolonial history. By sharing their personal memories, former political prisoners have triggered a debate on state violence under Hassan II ...
Laura Menin
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Captive or Criminal?: Reappraising the Legal Status of IRA Prisoners at the Height of the Troubles under International Law [PDF]
For the citizens of Ireland and Great Britain, the second half of the twentieth century represents a period of great political struggle. The historical debate concerns the constitutional status of Northern Ireland; that is, whether the six northeastern ...
Caesar, Samantha Anne
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