Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Estarão as prisões obsoletas? by Angela Y. Davis

27 reviews

nickshutter's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Torture, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Islamophobia, Grief, and War

lycheejelly's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

jehansflowers's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

i dont really feel comfortable giving this book a star rating, but it was absolutely brilliant. its incredibly well written and very informative. she fits a lot of information into a small book with accessible writing. she makes a shit ton of brilliant points, with heaps of research, evidence, and experience, and both puts into words concepts that i could never accurately express, and shares multifaceted and very intelligent points that i never would have thought of myself. all in all, highly recommend for people who have been involved with abolition for decades, baby leftists, or for anyone you're trying to radicalize

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Islamophobia

laurenleigh's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

4.5

This was a very quick and important read. While I felt already pro prison abolition, this helped me explain why. Similar to defund police movements, there is so much pain, suffering, and violence that could be avoided if we funded things like welfare, education, and healthcare. Pouring money into police and prison systems is the wrong end of the equation, and we should be focusing our efforts and our dollars on preventing crimes in the first place. If people had decent housing, stable jobs, food to eat, reliable healthcare, and educational opportunities, think about how much better, safer, and happier our country would be. Also, decriminalize weed and psychedelics while we’re at it. I know to some, imagining the US without prisons seems impossible. But just a few hundred years ago, most Americans couldn’t imagine their world without slavery. It’s absolutely possible if we shifted our spending and our focus. Davis briefly touches on some history of our prison industrial complex, which was pretty fascinating, and I want to read more about that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Slavery

daydreamermoonwalker's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Very informative, it really made me rethink the way our entire justice system is set up. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to learn more about prison abolition, or just the US prison system in general. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Islamophobia, and Murder

georgiarybanks's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Forced institutionalization

secanno's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, and Police brutality