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Are Prisons Obsolete?
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Michelle
Alexander’s New York Time’s Best Seller “The New Jim Crow: Mass
Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” addresses the failure of a
prison system that has disproportionately targeted poor communities of
color.
Check out Chapter 1 here: —–> The_New_Jim_Crow-1.pdf
Download The_New_Jim_Crow-1.pdf
Angela Davis, Emeritus Professor of UC Santa Cruz wrote her epic title, “Are Prison’s Obsolete.”
You can find the first chapter of her book here: —–> Angela-Davis-Are_Prisons_Obsolete-1.pdf
Download Angela-Davis-Are_Prisons_Obsolete-1.pdf
The Sentencing Project has this brief that will also help your understanding of the big picture!
You can access that brief here: —-> U.S.-Prison-Decline-Insufficient-to-Undo-Mass-Incarceration.pdf
Download U.S.-Prison-Decline-Insufficient-to-Undo-Mass-Incarceration.pdf
Considering
the reality of institutional racism in corrections, consider the
following questions for your discussion. You may do additional research
on the web to fill out your answers!
1. What does ‘mass incarceration’ mean and who is primarily affected by this phenomenon?
2. Why is prison reform necessary, according to Davis and others?
3.
What alternatives to incarceration would you suggest for people
convicted of crimes? Research options and share a link with the class,
describing these alternatives.
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