"Rust Is The New Black" Industrial Incarceration Of The Utah State Prison Dump
Author(s): Whitney Seal
Year: 2020
Summary
This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
Between the 1950’s and 1970’s The Utah State Prison disposed trash one mile away on a bluff overlooking the Jordan River. Historical research suggests this area was a frequent spot for prisoners to escape or hide contraband. The topic of escape and contraband at this dump was even a focus for the1972 run of Calvin Rampton for Governor. Archaeologists with the Utah Division of State History conducted a detailed inventory of the dump by analyzing discrete concentrations. The primary objective of this project is to have a more nuanced understanding of inmate life in prisons, and is the first such type of research in the state.
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"Rust Is The New Black" Industrial Incarceration Of The Utah State Prison Dump. Whitney Seal. 2020 ( tDAR id: 457233)
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Keywords
General
Dump
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Institutional Confinement
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prisoners
Geographic Keywords
United States of America
Temporal Keywords
Mid 20th Century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 152