(Download Book) Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms Writen By Maya Schenwar
Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms
By : Maya Schenwar
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Book Synopsis :
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 into your prison?? ?Michelle Alexander, from the forewordElectronic monitoring. Locked-down drug treatment centers. House arrest. Mandated psychiatric treatment. Data-driven surveillance. Extended probation. These are some of the key alternatives held up as cost-effective substitutes for jails and prisons. But many of these so-called reforms actually widen the net, weaving in new strands of punishment and control, and bringing new populations, who would not otherwise have been subject to imprisonment, under physical control by the state.As mainstream public opinion has begun to turn against mass incarceration, political figures on both sides of the spectrum are pushing for reform. But?though they?re promoted as steps to confront high rates of
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Author : Maya Schenwar
Pages : 240 pages
Publisher : The New Press
Language : eng
ISBN-10 : 1620973103
ISBN-13 : 9781620973103
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