Press and Reviews

Press for Freeman's Challenge

“A Nineteenth-Century Legal Case and Why it Matters Today,” Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe, 16 February 2025
“‘It is Fundamentally Wrong’: Alumna Painstakingly Chronicles the Brutal and Surprising History of the For-Profit Prison System,” Rachel Muir, GW Magazine, Winter 2024
“Keyword Missing from CA’s Forced Labor Bill May Have Caused it to Fail,” KNX News 97.1 FM, Los Angeles
“Rooted in Reform: Navigating Carceral Stories in Museum Spaces,” Billye Chabot et al, American Alliance of Museums, 25 October 2024
“Uncovering the Painful Truth about For-Profit Prisons in America,” Darius Spearman, African Elements, 8 September 2024
“‘Auburn System,’ Convict Leasing, and Inmate William Freeman,” classroom lesson plan based on C-SPAN broadcast of event with Kevin Quashie at the American Antiquarian Society, 12 September 2024
“Challenging the Legacy: An Interview with Historian Robin Bernstein on William Freeman and the Roots of America’s Prison System,” Epistle News, 6 September 2024
“Footnote Leads to Exploration of Start of For-Profit Prisons in N.Y.,” Christy DeSmith, Harvard Gazette, 17 May 2024
“Harvard Historian Uncovers the Story of William Freeman and the Original Prison for Profit System in New Book,” KTLA5 Los Angeles, 2 May 2024
“Book Corner: New Book Examines History of Prison Industrial Complex,” Marissa Wells, Los Angeles Wave, https://wavepublication.com/book-corner-new-book-examines-history-of-prison-industrial-complex, 2 May 2024
“A ‘Challenge’ to the System: In Alumna’s New Book, Murder and For-Profit Prison Industry Converge,” Sala Levin, Maryland Today, 2 May 2024
“The Page 99 Test: Robin Bernstein’s ‘Freeman’s Challenge,’” 1 May 2024

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