The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics
by
Marie Gottschalk, Marie Gottschalk
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
The huge prison buildup of the past four decades has few defenders, yet reforms to reduce the numbers of those incarcerated have been remarkably modest. Meanwhile, an ever-widening carceral state has sprouted in the shadows, extending its reach far beyond the prison gate. It sunders families and communities...