GEOG 50AC Study Guide - Final Guide: Executive Order 9066, Mexican Repatriation, Racialization
Document Summary
Someone paid for prison in exchange for them being allowed to make prisoners work (could punish prisoners if they didn"t) Contract system from early 1860s to early 1880s. All prison work had to be on-site. Contract labor system abolished in early 1880s because people couldn"t compete with prison workers. Immigrant workers incarcerated for small crimes because didn"t fit in with model of proper city. Nationwide deportations of anyone with mexican-sounding name . Misnomer because many were american citizens so technically not being repatriated. Purpose was to create more jobs for americans. Pearl harbor, rumors that they were spies, racialization. California imprisons more people than almost all countries. Tough sentencing, war on drugs leads to spike. Prison guards lobby for tough sentencing so they can keep jobs. Put too many ppl in solitary for bad reasons. Great depression (market crash, droughts) was precursor. New deal was designed for market recovery. Roads, schools, parks, irrigation in cali, etc.
