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Ep. 7 - Walnut Street Prison
This episode we will discover the first prison of the United States, which is not only to be understood as a model prison in terms of solitary confinement but also set the fundament of the Prison Industrial Complex.
Timestamp:
00:00 - 04:00: Introduction
04:00 - 10:00: The Pre History of the Walnut Street Prison
10:00 - 25:00: The Development of Walnut Street Prison
25:00 - 37:00: Forced Labor in Walnut Street Prison
37:00 - 42:59: Balloon Lore
References
Casella, J., Ridgeway, G. and Shalev, S. (2018) Continuity in the Face of Penal Innovation: Revisiting the History of American Solitary Confinement. Available at: https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/media/publications/Continuity_in_the_Face_of_Penal_Innovation_-_Revisiting_the_History_of_American_Solitary_Confinement_2018.pdf (Accessed: 13 June 2026).
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (n.d.) Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3569&context=jclc (Accessed: 13 June 2026).
Robertson, B. (n.d.) ‘9 January 1793’, This Day in Aviation. Available at: https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/9-january-1793/ (Accessed: 13 June 2026).
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By elliet.38This episode we will discover the first prison of the United States, which is not only to be understood as a model prison in terms of solitary confinement but also set the fundament of the Prison Industrial Complex.
Timestamp:
00:00 - 04:00: Introduction
04:00 - 10:00: The Pre History of the Walnut Street Prison
10:00 - 25:00: The Development of Walnut Street Prison
25:00 - 37:00: Forced Labor in Walnut Street Prison
37:00 - 42:59: Balloon Lore
References
Casella, J., Ridgeway, G. and Shalev, S. (2018) Continuity in the Face of Penal Innovation: Revisiting the History of American Solitary Confinement. Available at: https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/media/publications/Continuity_in_the_Face_of_Penal_Innovation_-_Revisiting_the_History_of_American_Solitary_Confinement_2018.pdf (Accessed: 13 June 2026).
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (n.d.) Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3569&context=jclc (Accessed: 13 June 2026).
Robertson, B. (n.d.) ‘9 January 1793’, This Day in Aviation. Available at: https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/9-january-1793/ (Accessed: 13 June 2026).