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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > key people in the social history of crime > Joseph Ragen

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Joseph Ragen  

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  • Joseph Ragen is best known for serving as the long-standing warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet. He served as warden at Joliet-Stateville for 25 years from 1936 to 1961. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Ragen, Joseph]

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