{"id":393,"date":"2022-07-22T09:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T09:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/?p=393"},"modified":"2022-07-20T09:31:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T09:31:07","slug":"american-prison-newspapers-1800-2020-voices-from-the-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/2022\/07\/22\/american-prison-newspapers-1800-2020-voices-from-the-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020: Voices from the Inside"},"content":{"rendered":"

The library has access to a new collection from JSTOR.<\/p>\n

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Books stacked on a table on the Law Library mezzanine. Photo by Sam Stills, copyright University of Edinburgh.<\/p><\/div>\n

American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020: Voices from the Inside.<\/h2>\n

The first newspaper published within a prison by an incarcerated person was Forlorn Hope, in <\/em>1800. Since then more than 450 newspapers from U.S. prisons have been published. Some are still in publication today such as Angolite<\/em> and the San Quentin News.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

This collection brings together hundreds of these periodicals from across the US into one collection. Representing various institutions there is special attention on women-only institutions.<\/p>\n

The collection is open access and can be accessed via the A-Z list of databases.<\/a><\/p>\n

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