Jail is Everywhere Fighting the New Geography of Mass Incarceration
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Jack Norton is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Governors State University.Lydia Pelot-Hobbs is an Assistant Professor of Geography and African American & Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky, and author of Prison Capital: Mass Incarceration and Struggles for Abolition Democracy in Louisiana.
Judah Schept is a Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. He is the author of Coal, Cages, Crisis: The Rise of the Prison Economy in Central Appalachia and Progressive Punishment: Job Loss, Jail Growth, and the Neoliberal Logic of Carceral Expansion.
The impact of the editors' scholarship, and the relationships they built while carrying it out, are palpable throughout <i>The Jail Is Everywhere</i>, lending the book a groundedness and sense of communal purpose that is all too rare in academic studies of mass incarceration.
- Jarrod Shanahan, The Nation
A collection of writing spotlighting the 'monster' that is the American prison system...Social justice activists and those with an interest in criminal justice issues will especially appreciate these well-researched, thoughtful essays that reveal just how much power government policies have given to the American carceral system.
Kirkus
[<i>The Jail is Everywhere</i>] paints a vivid picture of a grassroots, nationwide decarceral movement. Activists involved on the ground will find this valuable, while others will receive a substantial education in the politics and economics of incarceration.
Publishers Weekly
With its bevy of perspectives and individual case studies, <i>The Jail Is Everywhere</i> is a revealing overview of the growing problem of jail expansion in the US, with a survey of approaches to addressing it.
Foreword Reviews
<i>The Jail Is Everywhere</i> is a vibrant collection that equips the reader, and anyone interested in organizing against the many forms of carceral expansion, with a swathe of helpful strategies and tactics ... a crucial anthology, skillfully assembled.
Carceral Geography Working Group
A remarkably refreshing read, rooted in the messy but everyday realities of abolitionist organizing. <i>The Jail Is Everywhere</i> demonstrates that knowledge about the function of the carceral state and its multi-tentacled reach into U.S. politics, economy, and culture can only truly be unearthed through active struggle.
- Charlotte Rosen, Inquest
This is not only an important book for people who want to understand the operation of the current carceral state. It's a critical read for folks who might be fighting prison expansion or construction in their neighborhoods.
- Bill Littlefield, Arts Fuse
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Jack Norton is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Governors State University.Lydia Pelot-Hobbs is an Assistant Professor of Geography and African American & Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky, and author of Prison Capital: Mass Incarceration and Struggles for Abolition Democracy in Louisiana.
Judah Schept is a Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. He is the author of Coal, Cages, Crisis: The Rise of the Prison Economy in Central Appalachia and Progressive Punishment: Job Loss, Jail Growth, and the Neoliberal Logic of Carceral Expansion.