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Selma, Alabama's More Humane Prison

5/9/2014

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Prisons during the Civil War generally suffered high rates of mortality, even as high as 33%.  

Selma, Alabama's Cahaba Federal Prison is unique with a mortality rate less than 3%.  Peter Cozzens analyzes the successful administration of this more humane prison in the link below.  Other links are provided for further reading.

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  • Cozzens, P. (2014) Humanity and Hope in a Southern Prison, New York Times, April 14
  • History and Legacy, Cahaba Federal Prison
  • Civil War Prisons, Cahaba




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