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202539 minPG-13documentary

7.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Classroom 4

202539 minPG-13documentary

7.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

An award-winning History professor teaches a course on the history of crime and punishment in the US to a mix of incarcerated and free students.

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An award-winning History professor teaches a course on the history of crime and punishment in the US to a mix of incarcerated and free students.

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Eden Wurmfelddirector

Reiko Hillyercast

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An award-winning History professor teaches a course on the history of crime and punishment in the US to half-incarcerated and half-free students.

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