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Samantha Melamed
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Inventing Solitary
In 1790, Philadelphia opened the first American penitentiary, with the US's first solitary cells. Black people were disproportionately punished from the start.
by
Samantha Melamed
via
Philadelphia Inquirer
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on
June 8, 2022
