Challenging the prison-industrial complex :: activism, arts, and educational alternatives /

Boldly and eloquently contributing to the argument against the prison system in the United States, these provocative essays offer an ideological and practical framework for empowering prisoners instead of incarcerating them. Experts and activists who have worked within and against the prison system...

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Weitere Verfasser: Hartnett, Stephen J.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2011]
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Zusammenfassung:Boldly and eloquently contributing to the argument against the prison system in the United States, these provocative essays offer an ideological and practical framework for empowering prisoners instead of incarcerating them. Experts and activists who have worked within and against the prison system join forces here to call attention to the debilitating effects of a punishment-driven society and offer clear-eyed alternatives, emphasizing working directly with prisoners and their communities.
Stephen John Hartnett is an associate professor and chair of communication at the University of Colorado Denver. He is the author of Incarceration Nation: Investigative Prison Poems of Hope and Terror and Executing Democracy, Volume One: Capital Punishment and the Making of America, 1683-1807. --Book Jacket.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780252090165
0252090160
128295959X
9781282959590
9786612959592
6612959592

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