There’s nothing like picking up a debut novel and feeling like you’ve found your new favorite author.
** Obsolesence is a word I hadn’t come across before reading Davis. The prison has become a black hole into which the detritus of contemporary capitalism is deposited. I appreciated the elucidation of the historical context of the prison industrial complex and its deeply entrenched roots in racism, sexism and capitalism.
i could have small quibbles with it on this stuff and I'd love it to have been longer but oh well.This slim volume is a fantastic introduction to abolitionist literature.
when they're considering an ethical dilemma. She grounds her argument in the racist, sexist and corporate roots of the corrections system of America.Very informative and educating. This would be a good introductory read for someone who is just starting to think deeply about mass incarceration.
Thank you for posting about this — Dr. Davis is one of the finest thinkers in the world and a genuine revolutionary.
We’d love your help. As Angela Davis brilliantly argues, supported by well documented examples and references, prisons are an accepted part of our society - we take them for granted, and unless we have the misfortune of coming into contact with the system, they have become omnipresent and thus invisible.
1583225811 The title of Angela Davis’ book Are Prisons Obsolete (2003) sounds nothing short of utopian. In this book, Davis argues for the abolition of the prison system entirely.
It is clear that a loophole exists, which allows slavery to continue within the confines of prison walls. Welcome back. The prison, as it is, is not for the benefit of society; its existence and expansion is for the benefit of making profit and works within a framework that is racist and sexist. The questions are incorporated in the summary and are bolded. I agree with a lot of what Davis touches upon in this and would recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about anti-prison movement. Similarly,the entrenched system of racial segregation seemed to last forever, and generations lived in the midst of the practice, with few predicting its passage from custom.
In poor communities and communities of color, nearly everyone has family or friends who are among the 2.5 million plus doing time in this country. Incredibly informative and a pretty easy read. Look it up if you want to give yourself nightmares. absolutely crucial read on the history of prisons, and especially the role racism, sexism, classicism play in the mass incarceration. Research from the new economics foundation report * G4S have their own youtube channel.
I tried very hard to give this book at least another star, but really couldn't.
Mass imprisonment generates profits as it devours social wealth, and thus it tends to reproduce the very conditions that lead people to prison.Whilst the theorisation of prison industrial complex comes out of an analysis of the US context, it is a global phenomenon that has particular relevance to the UK where we have the highest proportion of private prisons in Europe. Angela Davis starts with the history of prisons and how enmeshed they are to the history of slavery in the US. when faced with the ugliness of humanity. However, she gets major props from me for being so thorough in other parts of the book, and the book is very much worth reading.
She almost seamlessly provides the social, economic, and political theories behind the system that now holds 2.3 million people, and counting, in the United States.
Some of my questions were answered, but my interest flared when we had the 10-minute discussion on why the system still exists the way it does and the racial and gender disparities within.Last semester I had a class in which we discussed the prison system, which hiked my interest in understanding why private prisons exist, and the stupid way in which due to overcrowding, certain criminals are being left to walk free before heir sentence.
In that work, Davis paints prisons as human rights disasters.
There’s nothing like picking up a debut novel and feeling like you’ve found your new favorite author.
** Obsolesence is a word I hadn’t come across before reading Davis. The prison has become a black hole into which the detritus of contemporary capitalism is deposited. I appreciated the elucidation of the historical context of the prison industrial complex and its deeply entrenched roots in racism, sexism and capitalism.
i could have small quibbles with it on this stuff and I'd love it to have been longer but oh well.This slim volume is a fantastic introduction to abolitionist literature.
when they're considering an ethical dilemma. She grounds her argument in the racist, sexist and corporate roots of the corrections system of America.Very informative and educating. This would be a good introductory read for someone who is just starting to think deeply about mass incarceration.
Thank you for posting about this — Dr. Davis is one of the finest thinkers in the world and a genuine revolutionary.
We’d love your help. As Angela Davis brilliantly argues, supported by well documented examples and references, prisons are an accepted part of our society - we take them for granted, and unless we have the misfortune of coming into contact with the system, they have become omnipresent and thus invisible.
1583225811 The title of Angela Davis’ book Are Prisons Obsolete (2003) sounds nothing short of utopian. In this book, Davis argues for the abolition of the prison system entirely.
It is clear that a loophole exists, which allows slavery to continue within the confines of prison walls. Welcome back. The prison, as it is, is not for the benefit of society; its existence and expansion is for the benefit of making profit and works within a framework that is racist and sexist. The questions are incorporated in the summary and are bolded. I agree with a lot of what Davis touches upon in this and would recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about anti-prison movement. Similarly,the entrenched system of racial segregation seemed to last forever, and generations lived in the midst of the practice, with few predicting its passage from custom.
In poor communities and communities of color, nearly everyone has family or friends who are among the 2.5 million plus doing time in this country. Incredibly informative and a pretty easy read. Look it up if you want to give yourself nightmares. absolutely crucial read on the history of prisons, and especially the role racism, sexism, classicism play in the mass incarceration. Research from the new economics foundation report * G4S have their own youtube channel.
I tried very hard to give this book at least another star, but really couldn't.
Mass imprisonment generates profits as it devours social wealth, and thus it tends to reproduce the very conditions that lead people to prison.Whilst the theorisation of prison industrial complex comes out of an analysis of the US context, it is a global phenomenon that has particular relevance to the UK where we have the highest proportion of private prisons in Europe. Angela Davis starts with the history of prisons and how enmeshed they are to the history of slavery in the US. when faced with the ugliness of humanity. However, she gets major props from me for being so thorough in other parts of the book, and the book is very much worth reading.
She almost seamlessly provides the social, economic, and political theories behind the system that now holds 2.3 million people, and counting, in the United States.
Some of my questions were answered, but my interest flared when we had the 10-minute discussion on why the system still exists the way it does and the racial and gender disparities within.Last semester I had a class in which we discussed the prison system, which hiked my interest in understanding why private prisons exist, and the stupid way in which due to overcrowding, certain criminals are being left to walk free before heir sentence.
In that work, Davis paints prisons as human rights disasters.
As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition movements, and when they were engaged in these struggles, their chances of success seemed almost unthinkable. when faced with the ugliness of humanity. I tried very hard to give this book at least another star, but really couldn't.
Its written very well, it doesn't oversimplify anything, yet at the same time Davis' style is very approachable and affective. Angela Y. Davis makes a compelling case for prison abolition.
Women are already enslaved in unpaid domestic labour so it is more cost effective to imprison them in their own homes where they can take care of their own children. She argues forthrightly for "decarceration", and …
There’s nothing like picking up a debut novel and feeling like you’ve found your new favorite author.
** Obsolesence is a word I hadn’t come across before reading Davis. The prison has become a black hole into which the detritus of contemporary capitalism is deposited. I appreciated the elucidation of the historical context of the prison industrial complex and its deeply entrenched roots in racism, sexism and capitalism.
i could have small quibbles with it on this stuff and I'd love it to have been longer but oh well.This slim volume is a fantastic introduction to abolitionist literature.
when they're considering an ethical dilemma. She grounds her argument in the racist, sexist and corporate roots of the corrections system of America.Very informative and educating. This would be a good introductory read for someone who is just starting to think deeply about mass incarceration.
Thank you for posting about this — Dr. Davis is one of the finest thinkers in the world and a genuine revolutionary.
We’d love your help. As Angela Davis brilliantly argues, supported by well documented examples and references, prisons are an accepted part of our society - we take them for granted, and unless we have the misfortune of coming into contact with the system, they have become omnipresent and thus invisible.
1583225811 The title of Angela Davis’ book Are Prisons Obsolete (2003) sounds nothing short of utopian. In this book, Davis argues for the abolition of the prison system entirely.
It is clear that a loophole exists, which allows slavery to continue within the confines of prison walls. Welcome back. The prison, as it is, is not for the benefit of society; its existence and expansion is for the benefit of making profit and works within a framework that is racist and sexist. The questions are incorporated in the summary and are bolded. I agree with a lot of what Davis touches upon in this and would recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about anti-prison movement. Similarly,the entrenched system of racial segregation seemed to last forever, and generations lived in the midst of the practice, with few predicting its passage from custom.
In poor communities and communities of color, nearly everyone has family or friends who are among the 2.5 million plus doing time in this country. Incredibly informative and a pretty easy read. Look it up if you want to give yourself nightmares. absolutely crucial read on the history of prisons, and especially the role racism, sexism, classicism play in the mass incarceration. Research from the new economics foundation report * G4S have their own youtube channel.
I tried very hard to give this book at least another star, but really couldn't.
Mass imprisonment generates profits as it devours social wealth, and thus it tends to reproduce the very conditions that lead people to prison.Whilst the theorisation of prison industrial complex comes out of an analysis of the US context, it is a global phenomenon that has particular relevance to the UK where we have the highest proportion of private prisons in Europe. Angela Davis starts with the history of prisons and how enmeshed they are to the history of slavery in the US. when faced with the ugliness of humanity. However, she gets major props from me for being so thorough in other parts of the book, and the book is very much worth reading.
She almost seamlessly provides the social, economic, and political theories behind the system that now holds 2.3 million people, and counting, in the United States.
Some of my questions were answered, but my interest flared when we had the 10-minute discussion on why the system still exists the way it does and the racial and gender disparities within.Last semester I had a class in which we discussed the prison system, which hiked my interest in understanding why private prisons exist, and the stupid way in which due to overcrowding, certain criminals are being left to walk free before heir sentence.
In that work, Davis paints prisons as human rights disasters.
