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Sandpiles of Dignity: Labor Status and Boundary-Making in the Contemporary American Prison

Michael Gibson-Light
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences March 2020, 6 (1) 198-216; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2020.6.1.09
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