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Why are there prisons? An expert explains the history of using 'correctional' facilities to punish people

  • Written by Joshua Long, Assistant Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
imageCells at Alcatraz, a famous former prison on an island off the coast of California.Andrea Pistolesi/Stone via Getty Imagesimage

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Why are there prisons? – Andrew H., age 8

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