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This book was published with the assistance of the Thornton H.
Brooks Fund of the University of North Carolina Press.
Research for this book was supported in part by the Soros Justice
Fellowship, which is funded and administered by the Open Society
Institute (OSI). The opinions expressed herein are the author’s own
and do not necessarily express the views of the OSI.
© 2018 The University of North Carolina Press
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Jacket photograph of the cafeteria at the Philadelphia State Hospital
at Byberry from the American Friends Service Committee, Civilian
Public Service Records, Swarthmore College Peace Collection; used
with permission of the American Friends Service Committee.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Parsons, Anne E., author.
Title: From asylum to prison : deinstitutionalization and the rise of
mass incarceration after 1945 / Anne E. Parsons.
Other titles: Justice, power, and politics.
Description: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press,
[2018] | Series: Justice, power, and politics | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: lccn 2018008646 | isbn 9781469640631 (cloth : alk.
paper) | isbn 9781469640648 (ebook)
Subjects: lcsh : Mentally ill—Commitment and detention—
United States. | Mentally ill offenders—United States. | People with
disabilities—Legal status, laws, etc.—United States. | Detention
of persons—United States. | Asylums—United States—History. |
Imprisonment—United States—History. | Prisons—United
States—History. | Marginality, Social—United States.
Classification: lcc kf3828 .p375 2018 | ddc 365/.608740973—dc23
lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018008646
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