Understanding Prison (And Prison Abolition) (6 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 4.50 avg rating — 32,304 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) 3.72 avg rating — 328 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		Jessa Is Back (Lost and Found in Tennesee Book 2) by Stacia Moffett 4.84 avg rating — 19 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
5		Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault 4.23 avg rating — 38,763 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
6		The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander 4.52 avg rating — 120,933 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

6 books · 4 voters · list created December 17th, 2021 by Lotus (votes) .

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

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