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The Abolition of Prison

2021-07-13 Social Science
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Release : 2021-07-13
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Book Synopsis The Abolition of Prison by : Jacques Lesage de La Haye

Download or read book The Abolition of Prison written by Jacques Lesage de La Haye. This book was released on 2021-07-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Abolition of Prison provides a reflection from a longtime prison abolitionist, psychoanalyst, and former prisoner on the history, theory, and practice of anti-prison activism in France and globally over the last fifty years. This book powerfully makes the case for the end of prisons, punishment, and guilt and, instead, suggests we work towards social change, care, collectivity. The book weaves together Lesage de La Haye’s own experiences—in prison, as a psychiatrist, and as a social theorist—with the simple argument that, if we take the reasons for prison and punishment at their word, we must evaluate the system as a complete failure. So then why continue to support it and funnel money into it?

Are Prisons Obsolete?

2011-01-04 Political Science
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Release : 2011-01-04
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Are Prisons Obsolete? by : Angela Y. Davis

Download or read book Are Prisons Obsolete? written by Angela Y. Davis. This book was released on 2011-01-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition movements, and when they were engaged in these struggles, their chances of success seemed almost unthinkable. For generations of Americans, the abolition of slavery was sheerest illusion. Similarly,the entrenched system of racial segregation seemed to last forever, and generations lived in the midst of the practice, with few predicting its passage from custom. The brutal, exploitative (dare one say lucrative?) convict-lease system that succeeded formal slavery reaped millions to southern jurisdictions (and untold miseries for tens of thousands of men, and women). Few predicted its passing from the American penal landscape. Davis expertly argues how social movements transformed these social, political and cultural institutions, and made such practices untenable. In Are Prisons Obsolete?, Professor Davis seeks to illustrate that the time for the prison is approaching an end. She argues forthrightly for "decarceration", and argues for the transformation of the society as a whole.

Instead of Prisons

2005 Alternatives to imprisonment
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Release : 2005
Genre : Alternatives to imprisonment
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Book Synopsis Instead of Prisons by : Prison Research Education Action Project

Download or read book Instead of Prisons written by Prison Research Education Action Project. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Syracuse, N.Y.: Prison Research Education Action Project, 1976.

Abolition Democracy

2011-01-04 Political Science
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Release : 2011-01-04
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Abolition Democracy by : Angela Y. Davis

Download or read book Abolition Democracy written by Angela Y. Davis. This book was released on 2011-01-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revelations about U.S policies and practices of torture and abuse have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu Ghraib prison story in April 2004. Since then, a debate has raged regarding what is and what is not acceptable behavior for the world’s leading democracy. It is within this context that Angela Davis, one of America’s most remarkable political figures, gave a series of interviews to discuss resistance and law, institutional sexual coercion, politics and prison. Davis talks about her own incarceration, as well as her experiences as "enemy of the state," and about having been put on the FBI’s "most wanted" list. She talks about the crucial role that international activism played in her case and the case of many other political prisoners. Throughout these interviews, Davis returns to her critique of a democracy that has been compromised by its racist origins and institutions. Discussing the most recent disclosures about the disavowed "chain of command," and the formal reports by the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch denouncing U.S. violation of human rights and the laws of war in Guantánamo, Afghanistan and Iraq, Davis focuses on the underpinnings of prison regimes in the United States.

Abolition Now!

2008 Political Science
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Release : 2008
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Abolition Now! by : CR10 Publications Collective

Download or read book Abolition Now! written by CR10 Publications Collective. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over seven million people live under the control of US prison and parole systems. The vast majority of them are people of colour or youth. Between 2000 and 2007, Congress added 454 new offences to the criminal code. In comparison, Blair added 3000 new laws during his leadership. The UK prison population is similarly skewed in terms of race and class. For a decade, Critical Resistance has organised to abolish the reliance on imprisonment, policing and surveillance. Reflecting on key themes of Dismantle, Change and Build, this book celebrates their bold strategies and work.

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