States of Incarceration
eBook - ePub

States of Incarceration

Rebellion, Reform, and America's Punishment System

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

States of Incarceration

Rebellion, Reform, and America's Punishment System

About this book

A crucial book for our current moment, uncovering the history of mass incarceration in the United States and engaging with the major challenges of contemporary prison and police abolition activism. Inspired by the George Floyd Rebellion, States of Incarceration examines the ongoing reconfiguration of mass incarceration as crucial for understanding how race, class, and punishment shape America today. The rise of mass incarceration has coincided with massive disinvestment in working-class communities, particularly communities of color, and a commitment to criminalize poverty, addiction, and interpersonal violence. As Jarrod Shanahan and Zhandarka Kurti argue, the present is a moment of transition and potential reform of incarceration and, by extension, the American justice system. States of Incarceration provides insights into the rise of mass incarceration and its recent history while focusing on the needs of campaigners struggling with the issues of police and prison abolition, as well as the challenges that lie ahead. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with these questions.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction: A Moment of Promise and Pitfalls
  7. one A Hot American Summer
  8. two The Carceral State in Context
  9. three The Carceral State Today
  10. four The Limits of Reform in the Era of Austerity
  11. five “Defund the Police”: At the Crossroads of Revolution and Reform
  12. Afterword
  13. References