Question – Week 10 – Sciences of Punishment This week’s reading includes a chapt

Question – Week 10 – Sciences of Punishment
This week’s reading includes a chapter from Zebulon Brockway’s autobiography entitled “Difficult Prisoners”. In that chapter, Brockway provides vignettes of a number of prisoners he encountered in his role as superintendent of the Elmira Reformatory. What do Brockway’s descriptions tell you about the Elmira Reformatory and Brockway’s view of its purpose?
Question – Week 11 – Residential Schools
One of the most consistent punitive features of the residential school was the swift and often violent punishment for students who were overheard speaking any language other than French or English. Why do you believe language was such a central focus for punishment?