id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
catalyst-41270	Cedillo, Christina	Book Review | Laboratory of Deficiency: Sterilization and Confinement in California, 1900–1950s, by Natalie Lira (University of California Press, 2022)	2024	4	.pdf	application/pdf	1670	58	36	Allegedly intended as a treatment facility for people with developmental disabilities, Pacific Colony was used as a carceral institution where young people deemed criminals, troublemakers, or potential burdens to the state could be consigned, often against their will and that of their families. Sterilization was usually a condition of release from the facility, making Pacific Colony the apotheosis of eugenicists’ social engineering goals.	cache/catalyst-41270.pdf	txt/catalyst-41270.txt