Prison Plastic Surgery

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Facelifts, liposuction and nose jobs: since the mid 20th century people have saved up to have their faces and bodies transformed into their dreams.

But why might these procedures have been offered in prisons across the US, the UK and Canada? And what was the desired outcome?

Today, Kate is joined by Zara Stone, author of Killer Looks: The Forgotten History of Plastic Surgery in Prisons to discuss re-conviction rates, ‘pretty privilege’ and the so called ‘hot felon’.

*WARNING there are discussions of race, adult words and themes in this episode*

Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Thomas Ntinas.

Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society. A podcast by History Hit.

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0:00.0	Everyone leaves a legacy.
0:02.2	But a legacy can change over time as new generations
0:05.6	re-examine old preputations.
0:07.6	From Wundery and Gohanger podcasts, I'm F4hersh.
0:11.0	I'm Peter Frankapan, and in a brand new series,
0:14.0	we're exploring the lives of some of the biggest characters in history,
0:17.4	from Napoleon to Picasso.
0:19.2	And asking, what does their past tell us about our present?
0:23.4	This is legacy.
0:24.7	Follow now wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.4	Hello, my lovely betwixters.
0:34.2	It's me, Kate Lister.
0:35.4	I am here with your fair dues warning
0:37.6	to protect your delicate ears from anything
0:40.2	untoward getting into them.
0:41.6	So here we go.
0:43.2	Fair dues, you have been warned.
0:44.8	This is an adult podcast containing adult themes
0:47.5	which are spoken by adults to other adults
0:49.6	about adult subjects in an adulty way.
0:52.1	Today, we are talking about plastic surgery.
0:55.4	Specifically, plastic surgery that is given to people in prison.
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