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prison culture  

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  • It has long been recognized that, just as there is a culture among citizens in the free world, a separate culture also exists within prison walls. Beginning with Donald Clemmer's general study of the prison community in 1940, the dynamics of social relationships in the prison have been thoroughly studied and documented. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Prison Culture]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-R7GQR18S-V

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