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Agency and Autobiography: Key themes in the Systemic Failures of the Criminal Legal System Examined Through Personal Accounts of Incarcerated Individuals

Yudin, Polina
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This project is a deep exploration of the American carceral system drawing on primary accounts of incarcerated women. Through a close reading of autobiographies, memoirs, and personal accounts of women who experienced incarceration, three key themes emerge: specifically the structural racism of the criminal legal system, access to and quality of healthcare, and arbitrary punishment as a means of enforcing this system. This paper contributes to existing research on the challenges and institutional barriers that women face in their interactions with the criminal legal system, and highlights an important gap in literature on the incarceration of women, particularly underrepresented women.
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2023-01-01
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Undergraduate
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14849/8439
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Alec Ewald
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Political Science
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Patrick Leahy Honors College
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