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SIGUENZA VIDAL, Fernanda. The ex-Acordada and Belén, a View of Rehabilitation in Two Women’s Prisons in Mexico (1833-1882). Relac. Estud. hist. soc. [online]. 2018, vol.39, n.154, pp.193-223. ISSN 2448-7554.  https://doi.org/10.24901/rehs.v39i154.292.

This article focuses on the treatment that women inmates received in two federal prisons in Mexico that were sites of attempts to implement prison reform: the ex-Acordada and Belén. The study analyzes key characteristics of the inmates, examines how women prisoners were included in prison regulations in general, and describes the modifications made to the areas set aside for women in those prisons after the implementation of initiatives of prison reform, especially in relation to topics like work and education.

Palavras-chave : ex-Acordada prison; Belén prison; women inmates; prison reform in Mexico.

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