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State As Parent And Citizen Making
- The juvenile system began as a rehabilitative project treating kids as distinct from adults.
- It framed the state as a 'parent' that could intervene to make citizens, not just punish offenders.
Profit Drove Post‑Slavery Criminalization
- Convict leasing after the Civil War tied criminalization to capitalist profit and cheap labor.
- That system incentivized arrest and punishment rather than rehabilitation, especially for Black people.
Mount Meggs: A School That Functioned Like Slavery
- Mount Meggs began as a school for Black children but became a source of forced labor and abuse.
- White board members praised 'rehabilitation' while kids picked cotton and suffered for their benefit.