Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms by Maya Schenwar, Victoria Law

Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms

Maya Schenwar, Victoria Law

240 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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A crucial indictment of widely embraced “alternatives to incarceration” that exposes how many of these new approaches actually widen the net of punishment and surveillance.“But what does it mean—really—to celebrate reforms that convert your home i...

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