Dr. Russel Pryor: Making the “Alcatraz of the Piney Woods”: Prisons, Power & Politics in 20th Century Georgia

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Crime and punishment have been contentious issues in the U.S. since before its founding. In 1937, officials established a new state prison in Reidsville, dubbed the “Alcatraz of the Piney Woods.” Dr. Pryor’s lecture will illustrate power and politics in Southern prisons and explore the successful and unsuccessful attempts at prison reform in our state through the lens of this Reidsville institution.

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Howard Auditorium
2802 Moore Hwy, Tifton, GA 31793
Tifton
Georgia