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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
Michael Gibson-Light
aAssistant professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Denver

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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 Mar 2020, 6 (1) 198-216; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2020.6.1.09
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- Abstract
- DIGNITY AND PUNISHMENT
- METHODS AND SITE
- WORK AT SUNBELT STATE PENITENTIARY
- THE TOP TIER OF THE PRISON EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM
- THE MIDDLE TIER OF THE PRISON EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM
- THE BOTTOM TIER OF THE PRISON EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM
- DIGNITY AMID REPOSITIONING IN THE SANDPILE
- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
- FOOTNOTES
- REFERENCES
- Figures & Data
- Info & Metrics
- References
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