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Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling
"Do not underestimate the power of the book you are holding in your hands."
—Michelle Alexander
More than 2 million people are now imprisoned in the United States, producing the highest rate of incarceration in the world. How did this happen? As the director of The Sentencing Project, Marc Mauer has long been one of the country’s foremost experts on sentencing policy, race, and the criminal justice system. His book Race to Incarcerate has become the essential text for understanding the exponential growth of the U.S. prison system; Michelle Alexander, author of the bestselling The New Jim Crow, calls it "utterly indispensable." Now, Sabrina Jones, a member of the World War 3 Illustrated collective and an acclaimed author of politically engaged comics, has collaborated with Mauer to adapt and update the original book into a vivid and compelling comics narrative. Jones's dramatic artwork adds passion and compassion to the complex story of the penal system’s shift from rehabilitation to punishment and the ensuing four decades of prison expansion, its interplay with the devastating "War on Drugs," and its corrosive effect on generations of Americans.
With a preface by Mauer and a foreword by Alexander, Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling presents a compelling argument about mass incarceration’s tragic impact on communities of color—if current trends continue, one of every three black males and one of every six Latino males born today can expect to do time in prison. The race to incarcerate is not only a failed social policy, but also one that prevents a just, diverse society from flourishing.
—Michelle Alexander
More than 2 million people are now imprisoned in the United States, producing the highest rate of incarceration in the world. How did this happen? As the director of The Sentencing Project, Marc Mauer has long been one of the country’s foremost experts on sentencing policy, race, and the criminal justice system. His book Race to Incarcerate has become the essential text for understanding the exponential growth of the U.S. prison system; Michelle Alexander, author of the bestselling The New Jim Crow, calls it "utterly indispensable." Now, Sabrina Jones, a member of the World War 3 Illustrated collective and an acclaimed author of politically engaged comics, has collaborated with Mauer to adapt and update the original book into a vivid and compelling comics narrative. Jones's dramatic artwork adds passion and compassion to the complex story of the penal system’s shift from rehabilitation to punishment and the ensuing four decades of prison expansion, its interplay with the devastating "War on Drugs," and its corrosive effect on generations of Americans.
With a preface by Mauer and a foreword by Alexander, Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling presents a compelling argument about mass incarceration’s tragic impact on communities of color—if current trends continue, one of every three black males and one of every six Latino males born today can expect to do time in prison. The race to incarcerate is not only a failed social policy, but also one that prevents a just, diverse society from flourishing.
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First published August 28, 2012
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August 5, 2013
SO happy to see this topic covered in this format, but the lack of citations and references is troubling. It was obviously well-researched, and I'm guessing the original text had a lengthy reference list--where did it go?
June 24, 2019
3 stars
This is the graphic representation of why there are over 2 million people incarcerated in the United State - the highest incarceration rate in the world. It starts at the turn of the 19th century and follows though slavery and rehabilitation and the two tier system. It encompasses the war on drugs, racial disparity, and the many laws passed in reference to crime. The three strike law and random crimes committed by children and how they should be prosecuted. It also delves into the various politicians that passed bills and put laws in place - both good and bad.
What this book does not do is give the answers to changing the problem. It speaks to why we are in this position and what we need to do, but not the how or when to do it.
This is the graphic representation of why there are over 2 million people incarcerated in the United State - the highest incarceration rate in the world. It starts at the turn of the 19th century and follows though slavery and rehabilitation and the two tier system. It encompasses the war on drugs, racial disparity, and the many laws passed in reference to crime. The three strike law and random crimes committed by children and how they should be prosecuted. It also delves into the various politicians that passed bills and put laws in place - both good and bad.
What this book does not do is give the answers to changing the problem. It speaks to why we are in this position and what we need to do, but not the how or when to do it.
March 21, 2017
Previewed this for my library in a NYPL teacher set... will definitely buy, because it's a very accessible presentation of the mass incarceration crisis for middle school. But I wish it was in a larger format, because the woodcut style art is sometimes too dense on the page at this trim size. A color version could potentially help with this too, since some key text is very artfully integrated into the panel design, but it gets muddied at this size.
May 9, 2019
I wish I would have known about this graphic novel when I was teaching U.S. Government. It’s an incredible resource for understanding the history of incarceration in America. It’s a timeline of events, politics, economics, presidential administrations and statistics that illustrate the injustices of our justice system.
March 7, 2015
Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling was an accidental find at the library, but I'm game for any graphic novel that has Michelle Alexander's name attached to it. (She wrote the book's foreward.) While I was not familiar with Marc Mauer's original book Race to Incarcerate, first published in 1999 (I think), I'm happy to see it being added to the (short) list of nonfiction, "academic" texts being converted to graphic novel form. (Bill Ayers and Ryan Alexander-Tanner's To Teach: The Journey, in Comics comes to mind as another example.) Just as Alexander notes in her foreward, this new form offers a wonderful context through which to share important information with audiences who probably wouldn't have engaged it in its earlier iteration.
That said, the flow of the book is not perfect. There are moments where greater depth would have brought greater understanding. And, as a nerd, there are times when having references and citations (in some unobtrusive way) would have been really valuable to me as a reader. Even so, the text does a wonderful job of personalizing the prison complex in the States. Stories of real people -- like that of Kemba Smith -- are incredibly meaningful and help make legal policy and practice "real" through the lives and stories of people it has affected (usually in a negative way). The text is a call to change (though I found Mauer's introduction pulled away from the charge that continued change is needed).
There were a number of things I found particularly striking in the text. While I knew the generalities, having concrete numbers made a difference to me. Here are a few things that struck me:
-- "The U.S. rate of incarceration is the highest in the world." The U.S. has 730 prisoners for every 100,000 citizens. France, Germany, and Japan all have fewer than 100. Iran has 350. (p. 3)
-- U.S. drug policy has clear consequences on the population as a result of mandatory sentencing requirements, the inequitable application of the law on various populations, and so on. (For example, you're more likely to be imprisoned if you're poor and/or of color, in part because you have less access to drug abuse prevention and treatment programs, community resources, advocacy resources, health insurance, etc.) (p. 12+)
-- "Many whites failed to distinguish [between] riot, protest, [and] crime, lumping it all together as: 'Crime in the streets.'" (p.28) - I think this is still true, but the implications silence voices who want change and villainize those who speak up anyway. Dangerous stuff.
-- "Between 1980 and 1993, federal spending on employment and training programs had been cut nearly in half. Spending on corrections had gone up by 521%." (p. 47) As a teacher who KNOWS the power of education (and other community resources) to prevent crime, this is infuriating to me.
-- "One out of three African American boys born in 2001 can expect to spend time in prison. Nearly 40% of all prisoners are African American, and 20% are Latino, far out of proportion to their numbers in the general population. 'If we started to put White America in jail at the same rate we're putting Black America in jail, I wonder whether our collective feelings would be the same, or would we be putting pressure on the President and our elected officials not to lock up America but to save America?' - former Atlanta police chief Eldrin Bell" (p. 81)
-- "African Americans make up 13% of the population, 21% of drug arrests in 1980, [and] 36% of drug arrests in 1992, [but] Blacks and Whites have about the same rate of drug use." (p. 91)
That said, the flow of the book is not perfect. There are moments where greater depth would have brought greater understanding. And, as a nerd, there are times when having references and citations (in some unobtrusive way) would have been really valuable to me as a reader. Even so, the text does a wonderful job of personalizing the prison complex in the States. Stories of real people -- like that of Kemba Smith -- are incredibly meaningful and help make legal policy and practice "real" through the lives and stories of people it has affected (usually in a negative way). The text is a call to change (though I found Mauer's introduction pulled away from the charge that continued change is needed).
There were a number of things I found particularly striking in the text. While I knew the generalities, having concrete numbers made a difference to me. Here are a few things that struck me:
-- "The U.S. rate of incarceration is the highest in the world." The U.S. has 730 prisoners for every 100,000 citizens. France, Germany, and Japan all have fewer than 100. Iran has 350. (p. 3)
-- U.S. drug policy has clear consequences on the population as a result of mandatory sentencing requirements, the inequitable application of the law on various populations, and so on. (For example, you're more likely to be imprisoned if you're poor and/or of color, in part because you have less access to drug abuse prevention and treatment programs, community resources, advocacy resources, health insurance, etc.) (p. 12+)
-- "Many whites failed to distinguish [between] riot, protest, [and] crime, lumping it all together as: 'Crime in the streets.'" (p.28) - I think this is still true, but the implications silence voices who want change and villainize those who speak up anyway. Dangerous stuff.
-- "Between 1980 and 1993, federal spending on employment and training programs had been cut nearly in half. Spending on corrections had gone up by 521%." (p. 47) As a teacher who KNOWS the power of education (and other community resources) to prevent crime, this is infuriating to me.
-- "One out of three African American boys born in 2001 can expect to spend time in prison. Nearly 40% of all prisoners are African American, and 20% are Latino, far out of proportion to their numbers in the general population. 'If we started to put White America in jail at the same rate we're putting Black America in jail, I wonder whether our collective feelings would be the same, or would we be putting pressure on the President and our elected officials not to lock up America but to save America?' - former Atlanta police chief Eldrin Bell" (p. 81)
-- "African Americans make up 13% of the population, 21% of drug arrests in 1980, [and] 36% of drug arrests in 1992, [but] Blacks and Whites have about the same rate of drug use." (p. 91)
May 28, 2015
This is a FANTASTIC resource. It clearly and compellingly (that's a word right?) lays out the case for how our criminal justice system is fuckeddd. I haven't read the non-adapted version of Race to Incarcerate but I have read The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness so a lot of this information was not necessarily new to me, but I liked the layout and structure of this, and the rough black & white illustrations & graphs really drive home the information.
I know this is an adapted version of the adult NF book, and so I'm guessing if you want footnotes for any of this, you have to check that out? I mean I think putting a bunch of footnotes in the GN itself would probably be cluttery, but there's like, nothing.
But I do like that the end gives concrete ways to reach out to prison inmates, and overall, this is great. Would recommend to socially-conscious teens but maybe also to adults who don't feel like reading New Jim Crow or the full-length version of Race to Incarcerate.
I know this is an adapted version of the adult NF book, and so I'm guessing if you want footnotes for any of this, you have to check that out? I mean I think putting a bunch of footnotes in the GN itself would probably be cluttery, but there's like, nothing.
But I do like that the end gives concrete ways to reach out to prison inmates, and overall, this is great. Would recommend to socially-conscious teens but maybe also to adults who don't feel like reading New Jim Crow or the full-length version of Race to Incarcerate.
August 8, 2013
Excellent. This lays out how the prison industrial complex came to be, in a very unpretentious and clear way. It never tries to preach, rather it lays it out in a way that any rational person would at least question, if not be disgusted with how people end up behind bars. The artwork is great too. Recommended.
February 16, 2015
The information in this book was eye-opening, heartbreaking, and infuriating. It takes a graphic retelling to make the growth of prisons and incarceration rates in America to even get my head around the numbers and the disparities by race and class. It is definitely worth reading and sharing with younger audiences (high school students).
August 8, 2020
A graphic novel version of Marc Mauer's in-depth study of the prison system in the United States. Mauer's research covers the rise of the prison system, focusing primarily on legislation since the 1970s, and the reasons behind disproportionate rates of incarcerated African-Americans. Sabrina Jones' graphic novel stylings help make this sobering reality more digestible. Essential reading.
June 25, 2019
I personally really struggled with this one. It was a depressing topic and in the current political climate, it made me feel helpless. It’s something that needs support to change and the idea of having another cause is so overwhelming. I feel like it would be a fantastic book to read in a high school or college class.
May 2, 2023
Great introduction to the US mass incarceration problem.
A small criticism: I had hoped the book would also elaborate further on the role of the for-profit prison lobby and the 'prison industrial complex'...
This 2013 comic book rework (based on the original book by Marc Mauer from 1999) might also require an update as it ends with the Obama-era.
4,5 ⭐
A small criticism: I had hoped the book would also elaborate further on the role of the for-profit prison lobby and the 'prison industrial complex'...
This 2013 comic book rework (based on the original book by Marc Mauer from 1999) might also require an update as it ends with the Obama-era.
4,5 ⭐
July 2, 2017
This non-fiction graphic novel is about the United States’ obsession with sending people, particularly people of color, to prison. The number of prisoners per 100,000 people is higher in the United States than any other country. This book goes through the history of confinement from the early days of the United States to today. It examines politics and politicians. It considers the social reasons for incarceration and how race is a major contributor to the amount of time spent in prison. It examines the main ideas of prisons have swung from deterrence to rehabilitation and back again. It also makes it clear that the United States’ war on drugs has not been the major reason why crime has declined.
The race to incarcerate began in 1973 according to this book. Even though I was alive during the time period highlighted, I had not made the connections between political rhetoric and the change in societies view towards those who break the law.
This book made me realize that graphic novels can be a more effective way to approach a serious subject than a regular book. I love how the pictures made the statistics more accessible. Some of the facts became uncomfortable when human faces were used as data points. Black and white pictures made things feel stark and oppressive. Good for the middle school library
The race to incarcerate began in 1973 according to this book. Even though I was alive during the time period highlighted, I had not made the connections between political rhetoric and the change in societies view towards those who break the law.
This book made me realize that graphic novels can be a more effective way to approach a serious subject than a regular book. I love how the pictures made the statistics more accessible. Some of the facts became uncomfortable when human faces were used as data points. Black and white pictures made things feel stark and oppressive. Good for the middle school library
October 23, 2017
I haven't read the original. I'm sure it's more comprehensive, but I don't know that it could be more persuasive. This graphic retelling of Race To Incarcerate includes both unassailable facts (which are true, but often fail to convince in the court of public opinion), and powerful anecdotes (which can be misleading, but much more convincing). In a nutshell, the prison system locks away people of color in a ridiculously disproportionate manner compared to white folks, and disproportionately for minor, non-violent crimes. The war on drugs succeeded only in padding the pockets of those in the prison industrial complex. And the increased incarceration rate that began in the 1970s has made the U.S. the most jailed country in the western world with NO statistical correlation to recent reductions in crime rates. (Incidentally, despite popular opinion, sensationalistic reporting and subject matters on fictional cop dramas, we're living in the safest era in generations.)
Recommended to everyone for the way it accessibly allows readers to challenge their own assumptions.
Recommended to everyone for the way it accessibly allows readers to challenge their own assumptions.
February 7, 2017
I simply could not put this book down. The format (graphic novel) will undoubtedly add to the number of readers who have embraced Mark Mauer's work and know of the work of the Sentencing Project. This book will also make the topics it addresses (Criminal Justice, Mass Incarceration, The War on Drugs) accessible to a new and important audience of readers. I received this book as a gift yesterday and will likely share it with others. Thanks, Dear friend, for your your wise selection of a gift.
July 2, 2016
I love graphic retelling a of historical and socio-political topics because the creatively make information more accessible to WAY more people, and this is one of those books. It does a great job breaking down the prison industry complex, the war on drugs, the people who constructed them and the black and brown folk who suffered because of it. It's a murky topic made crystal clear. I suggest reading this graphic retelling before getting into more heady but important books about the same topic. It might help you retain more core facts and knowledge about the subject matter.
June 17, 2013
With the help of Sabrina Jones, this graphic adaptation of Mauer's Race to Incarcerate is both readable and jam-packed with information about our country's criminal justice system. I am not embarrassed to admit that I would not have been able to read the original but this comic version (designed as an introduction for teens) is perfect for me. The only thing stopping me from giving it 5 stars is the lack of footnotes/citations for the numerous statistics included in this analysis.
November 20, 2013
Really harrowing statistics about the prison system in the States. Could call this graphic non-fiction in that the stark black and white images lent weight to the book's themes of race discrimination and horrible prison conditions. Calls into question the whole notion of "rehabilitation" of criminals and why we're locking people up in the first place. The research was impeccable and presented in a simple, easily digestible format with this "graphic retelling."
October 28, 2014
The 1999 book is updated and adapted into a graphic novel. The adaptation does a wonderful job of organizing and presenting a lot of information. And there is something about about the illustrations that add impact to the statistics. Maybe they put a face to them, even if the face is drawn by hand. Furthermore, it's an entertaining read. The reader is fully absorbed in the story. It's a very powerful and eye-opening read, and one I would love to see teens reading.
March 19, 2015
I love so much that this was made. Everyone should read this. And then put it on their shelf in a prominent place so it can be a constant reminder. And so they can pick it up and read it again on occasion. The content is expertly realized in the drawings. I want some of them as posters on my wall in my office. Awesome!
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November 2, 2021Publisher's Description: "Do not underestimate the power of the book you are holding in your hands." Michelle Alexander More than 2 million people are now imprisoned in the United States, producing the highest rate of incarceration in the world. How did this happen? As the director of The Sentencing Project, Marc Mauer has long been one of the country's foremost experts on sentencing policy, race, and the criminal justice system. His book Race to Incarcerate has become the essential text for understanding the exponential growth of the U.S. prison system; Michelle Alexander, author of the bestselling The New Jim Crow, calls it "utterly indispensable." Now, Sabrina Jones, a member of the World War 3 Illustrated collective and an acclaimed author of politically engaged comics, has collaborated with Mauer to adapt and update the original book into a vivid and compelling comics narrative. Jones's dramatic artwork adds passion and compassion to the complex story of the penal system's shift from rehabilitation to punishment and the ensuing four decades of prison expansion, its interplay with the devastating "War on Drugs," and its corrosive effect on generations of Americans. With a preface by Mauer and a foreword by Alexander, Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling presents a compelling argument about mass incarceration&;s tragic impact on communities of color if current trends continue, one of every three black males and one of every six Latino males born today can expect to do time in prison. The race to incarcerate is not only a failed social policy, but also one that prevents a just, diverse society from flourishing.
April 12, 2024
A timely, thoughtful read that really conveys not only the statics of incarceration in a scholarly manner, but also the emotions and feelings of those who were incarcerated through vivid imagery. The Race to Incarcerate, by Sabrina Jones and Marc Mauer, covers the past of incarceration: how it evolved from penitentiaries with inmates sitting in quiet solitude to the more modern systems in place today. It also goes on to explain how the US has come to hold the highest incarceration rates in the world - from the policy of ‘get tough’ to the War on Drugs. It also provides refreshing insight into how race plays into the prison system and why minorities are imprisoned at such a high rate. All of this information is conveyed not only through words, but through harrowing images which convey the feelings felt by prisoners and families alike. Even though at times the illustrations make the words, I think the graphic retelling of this book does its job of conveying this priceless information to a younger audience. After reading this book, my eyes have been opened to the functioning of our prison system.
April 14, 2024
Race to Incarcerate (a graphic retelling) is a book that makes a lot of good and interesting points about the criminal justice system, (specifically the prison system). In this chronologically organized book, Marc Mauer describes the history of the prison system and how it connects to social and racial issues, and how politicians manipulate these connections to their rhetoric. I think this book did a good job showing the corruption of the criminal justice system, getting evidence from the actions of politicians combined with the struggles and events of the time. However I do not like the pretty far left-leaning bias of the book, I consider myself pretty neutral when it comes to politics. But I couldn’t help but notice the author didn’t say many good things about conservative ideology… and didn’t say many bad things about liberal ideology. I would still suggest the book even if you considered yourself right-winged because I think its general narrative is very true and should be known by every American citizen of this time. In the end, I recommend this book, the art provides a good visual representation of the points and explanations.
August 8, 2018
This comic was very unorganized. It's supposed to be a retelling of The New Jim Crow, which was a wonderful book, but this comic fell short in a number of ways. It left out some of the most important arguments or glossed over them while spending more time on less important things. Important details, that could easily change how you think about the topic, show up too late in the book. There were some conclusions drawn from the data that I think were questionable. And also no citations, so I had to dig around on my own.
I know this is a comic book, but with so much at stake and a desire to educate as the goal, it needed a lot of work. I am strongly inclined to be on their side. In fact, I would say I needed no convincing whatsoever. I was reading this merely to explore the various ways this information is being shared to different audiences. So for me to be questioning the arguments (although not the concept) I think illustrates how problematic the presentation was.
I know this is a comic book, but with so much at stake and a desire to educate as the goal, it needed a lot of work. I am strongly inclined to be on their side. In fact, I would say I needed no convincing whatsoever. I was reading this merely to explore the various ways this information is being shared to different audiences. So for me to be questioning the arguments (although not the concept) I think illustrates how problematic the presentation was.
June 5, 2025
Wow! I have not read the original book upon which this graphic retelling is based, and I don't know why it took me so long to discover this amazing graphic novel, but I am grateful I did. I know the author wrote a second edition (update) from his first text, but I would love to see this updated every decade.
This graphic novel demonstrates the inequities of the American penal system, providing many stats and examples. It was harrowing to revisit the war on drugs, three strikes rule, and other punishments and see the devastatingly detrimental effects. It's eye opening to learn (or be reminded of) the cuts to social programs, the expenses of prisons, and horrific racial disparities. The graphics superbly highlight the text with incredible detail.
Sadly, our country today harkens back to far too many of these injustices where arrest quotas are now the norm along with private incarceration facilities that focus on money and not justice.
This graphic novel demonstrates the inequities of the American penal system, providing many stats and examples. It was harrowing to revisit the war on drugs, three strikes rule, and other punishments and see the devastatingly detrimental effects. It's eye opening to learn (or be reminded of) the cuts to social programs, the expenses of prisons, and horrific racial disparities. The graphics superbly highlight the text with incredible detail.
Sadly, our country today harkens back to far too many of these injustices where arrest quotas are now the norm along with private incarceration facilities that focus on money and not justice.
April 13, 2020
I was introduced to this book in 2015 when I enrolled myself into a history class at UT-Austin on mass incarceration. Re-reading this book this week was refreshing and necessary. This graphic-retelling presents itself like a graphic novel, only briefer and more to the point. From the inception of incarceration to present day policies, "Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling" is a must-read for anyone interested in learning more about the U.S. prison system. Through 107 pages of impressive illustrations, the book synthesizes, simply, a very complex situation surrounding federal prison policies. Jones produces a must-read, page turner that explains the political rhetoric behind the "War on Drugs." Jones argues ultimately that, "in the wealthiest society in the world, we have the resources and the creativity to promote public safety without relying primarily on prisons."
May 26, 2017
This book wasn't what I was expecting, but it wasn't bad. I recognize that many people will connect with it, but I'm not one of them. (And that isn't b/c these issues haven't affected my life.) I think it makes important issue, and talking points, accessible to a wider audience. This topic deserves to be dissected and considered more so that it is presently by the average American, whatever "average" means. I didn't always agree with the book's presentation, slant, or conclusions, but I definitely agree that we need to see the value of investing in our communities (particularly as a way to decrease crime), and re-evaluate the prison-system as we know it. Thought-provoking. 3.3*
March 1, 2020
This should be required reading in every high school in this country. But that will never happen because the people who make money and gain power by the incarceration of people of color are the ones who have the most money and power and also the most to lose if this information is taught to everyone. Plus, this "Graphic Retelling" of the original text is extremely accessible.
It's appalling. And mind-blowing. The levels that politicians have stooped to jail people of color (mostly younger, black men) - regardless of the level of their crimes, or even if they haven't committed a crime - will disgust you. If it doesn't, I don't think you're human.
It's appalling. And mind-blowing. The levels that politicians have stooped to jail people of color (mostly younger, black men) - regardless of the level of their crimes, or even if they haven't committed a crime - will disgust you. If it doesn't, I don't think you're human.
April 12, 2020
I greatly appreciated the message this book puts forth about the need to reform the justice system. It is a conversation that needs to take place more often in America. I wish that it had been written in a more modern tone though. It really felt like I was reading a lecture written in propaganda style posters. It was informative but hard to follow at times. It is definitely a discussion starter though. I feel as though much of what was talked about in this book should be discussed in the classroom and as this text is already written with intellectuals in mind it is perfect. Having a discussion with this as the focus could really give the topic some sense of direction.
September 8, 2020
This short graphic book provides a brief of the history of prisons and makes a clear case for criminal justice reform. Not only does the current system not work (if deterring crim is the goal) but it is clearly biased against those who are poor and/or BIPOC. Interestingly, it paints a fairly positive image of law enforcement and instead puts the onus on lawyers, judges, and political leaders for the failure of the system. it also does not discuss the prison-industrial complex and the for-profit businesses that benefit off the current system. For someone interested in the history of the criminal justice system in the US, this is a good introduction.
April 6, 2019
Super educational! This book lays out a timeline of the growth of the prison industry and the policy behind it over the last ~60 years. The topic is obviously very depressing, but it ends with numerous ways that individuals and institutions can help. Very fact-dense, which is kind of refreshing in the current political discussion. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because it is a graphic novel and it’s a little hard to follow the word flow on some of the pages. Highly recommend for anyone who wants to learn more about recent U.S. history.
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