Sydney’s Reviews > Are Prisons Obsolete? > Status Update
Sydney
is 20% done
"Are prisons racist institutions? Is racism so deeply entrenched in the institution of the prison that it is not possible to eliminate one without eliminating the other?"
Honestly, I think that it is possible--in the US. Racism so so deep in every institution, but people are genuinely rethinking prisons in a way that they may not actually be thinking about racism. But you know I don't know.
— Jun 22, 2020 08:05AM
Honestly, I think that it is possible--in the US. Racism so so deep in every institution, but people are genuinely rethinking prisons in a way that they may not actually be thinking about racism. But you know I don't know.
Like flag
Sydney’s Previous Updates
Sydney
is 90% done
Since operating and providing for prisons is such a large industry, and since prisoners are used as exploitable labor, prison populations will never contract and decriminalizating policies will never be widely adopted.
— Jul 03, 2020 05:18PM
Sydney
is 72% done
Reformers in the later part of the 20th century wanted women's prisons to be equally as oppressive as men's, rather than making both less oppressive, in service of equality. 🤦♀️
— Jun 24, 2020 03:40PM
Sydney
is 50% done
"When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison." (p. 22)
— Jun 24, 2020 09:38AM
