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‘Letting the Beasts Out of the Cage’: Parole in the Post-Stalin Gulag, 1953–1973

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  • Marc Elie
  • Jeffrey Hardy

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After a lapse of 15 years under Stalin, parole was reintroduced into the Soviet Gulag in 1954. For justice officials anxious to expunge Stalin's repressive legacy, the resurrection of parole signalled a return to correctionalism, societal oversight over the Gulag, and a vastly reduced rate of incarceration. In practice, though, parole exposed significant continuities with the Stalinist Gulag, including endemic corruption, overwhelming concern with production, suspicion of outside interference in penal affairs, and constant upward pressure on the inmate population. In the broader view, the experience of parole in the post-war USSR aligned closely with that of the Western world.

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  • Marc Elie & Jeffrey Hardy, 2015. "‘Letting the Beasts Out of the Cage’: Parole in the Post-Stalin Gulag, 1953–1973," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 67(4), pages 579-605, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:67:y:2015:i:4:p:579-605
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2015.1030357
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