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Are Prisons Obsolete?

Are Prisons Obsolete?

LawPolitics & Society
Pages
128
Published
2003
Language
English

Synopsis

>Amid rising public concern about the proliferation and privatization of prisons, and their promise of enormous profits, world-renowned author and activist Angela Y. Davis argues for the abolition of the prison system as the dominant way of responding to America's social ills. - publisher (allegedly)

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

InformativeThought-ProvokingIntellectualComplex

Genres

Law Politics & Society Sociology

Authors

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Angela Y. Davis

Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, academic, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Source: Angela Davis on Wikipedia (Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0).

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Aurora Ballester

Aurora Ballester is the author of the novel Calypso. She writes stories that explore the depths of human connection.

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