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_maren_'s review
fast-paced
4.0
Excellent crash course in the prison abolition movement. I only wish the last chapter on abolitionist alternatives to prisons had been expanded into several chapters as this is what I came in most curious about.
jenhurst's review against another edition
3.0
I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I think the writing was good and I learned a lot about the American political system. I’m already for prison reform and agree that we should be offering better mental health support and support for drug addicts. But I was really looking for a suggestion of what to do for killers and rapists such as Ted Bundy, Albert fish, Clifford Olsen, etc but there wasn’t any suggestions for them. I think if the book would’ve had a solution for that it would’ve been a really powerful book.
yasidiaz's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Back in February, I read Policing the Black Man, and this book is what I wish that book were. It serves as a good intro to the prison industrial complex and how we should start deconstructing how we think about punishment and rehabilitation.
I want to remark that this is a good introductory book to the prison industrial complex and not end and all book about the topic.
I want to remark that this is a good introductory book to the prison industrial complex and not end and all book about the topic.
mbandera's review
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.0
Definitely a piece to read again and again - dense but wish it was longer.