Prisoner Aid Beyond Borders: A Transnational History of Prisoner Aid Societies in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, 1930-1970
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McNeill, Katie-Marie
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prison history , prisoner history , transnational history
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This dissertation examines the histories of prisoner aid societies, which were (and continue to be) volunteer-based organizations that support incarcerated people and their families, across Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States between 1930 and 1970. More specifically, my research compares the policies and practices of societies from Ontario, New York, Victoria, and New Zealand, while also exploring societies’ transnational interactions and sharing of information. The mid-twentieth century saw an increase in the volume and variety of activities that prisoner aid societies in each of the four areas of study conducted both inside and outside of prisons. Treated together, the histories of prisoner aid societies in the key commonwealth nations of Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, and in the close neighbour of the United States offer an opportunity to explore how citizens engaged with justice systems, the role that volunteers played in the rehabilitation of prisoners, and how prisoner aid societies advocated for change in all levels of their respective legal systems. This project is grounded in archival research from each of the four areas of study from national, state, provincial, organizational, and personal record collections.
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