TJC’s Up Close

Up Close: Marie Gottschalk and Jan Jarboe Russell


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This week on Up Close: incarceration. America today stands out as by far the country with the most individuals in jails and prisons. The University of Pennsylvania's Marie Gottschalk discusses the reasons for, and consequences of, this in "Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics." And then, the imprisoning of certain ethnic groups during World War II is a controversial topic in our history. Contributing Editor for Texas Monthly Jan Jarboe Russell discusses some fascinating parts of that story in "The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II."
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