Are Prisons Obsolete?

Paperback, 128 pages

English language

Published April 2, 2003 by Seven Stories Press, Seven Stories, Turnaround.

ISBN:
978-1-58322-581-3
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OCLC Number:
1148007397

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In a rare and welcome exception to Betteridge's Law, Davis convincingly walks us through the main reasons that the modern institution of prisons is unacceptable by any reasonable moral standard, and does not actually fulfill any social function. Well, apart from allowing corporations to appropriate public resources and enslave people for their labor. Fuck prisons, ACAB, restorative justice now.

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Subjects

  • POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
  • Penology & punishment
  • Penology
  • Prison Systems
  • Social Science
  • Politics / Current Events
  • Sociology
  • USA
  • Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement
  • History / United States / 20th Century
  • Alternatives to imprisonment
  • Criminals
  • Prisons
  • Rehabilitation
  • United States