The Origins of the Ill-Disciplined Prison
The Origins of the Ill-Disciplined Prison
This chapter traces the possible origins of the ill-disciplined prison system in French Indochina. It explains that the establishment of a colonial prison system in French Indochina during the nineteenth century coincided with the emergence of the modern penitentiary in Europe and the U.S. which focused on modifying inmate behavior through a series of coercive and corrective practices. It also discusses the evolution of the colonial prison, the prisoner-of-war camp, and the tightfisted character of the colonial state and its stubborn refusal to provide the resources necessary for the creation of a truly disciplinary penal system.
Keywords: prison system, French Indochina, colonial prison system, modern penitentiary, Europe, U.S., corrective practices, prisoner-of-war camp
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