Understanding Prison (And Prison Abolition) (5 books)

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books on the carceral state. topical books for those who want to build a better understanding of the prison system, the arguments for and against it, and alternatives to today's prison.

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1		Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis 4.51 avg rating — 31,586 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1		Other Lands Have Dreams: Letters From Pekin Prison by Kathy Kelly 4.31 avg rating — 62 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1		Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe by Antony Loewenstein (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 324 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault 4.23 avg rating — 38,056 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander 4.52 avg rating — 119,884 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

5 books · 3 voters · list created December 18th, 2021 by Lotus (votes) .

Tags: historical, non-fiction, prison-abolition, prison-industrial-complex, racial-justice, reading-for-revolutionaries

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