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The "Institutionalized" Campus

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Robin Capehart
Dec 30, 2025
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The concept of becoming ‘institutionalized’—where individuals unquestioningly accept established norms and resist change—is not exclusive to prisons. As a young attorney practicing in a town with a state penitentiary, I witnessed this firsthand. Some inmates chose not to contest their convictions—not because they believed themselves guilty, but because …

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