Description: Are Prisons Obsolete?Author(s): Angela Davis Format: Paperback Publisher: Seven Stories Press, United States Imprint: Seven Stories Press ISBN-13: 9781583225813, 978-1583225813 Synopsis Since the 1980s prison construction and incarceration rates in the [url] have been rising exponentially, evoking huge public concern about their proliferation, their recent privatisation and their promise of enormous profits. But these prisons house hugely disproportionate numbers of people of colour, betraying the racism embedded in the system, while studies show that increasing prison sentences has had no effect on crime. Here, esteemed civil rights activist Angela Davis lays bare the situation and argues for a radical rethinking of our rehabilitation programmes.
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Book Title: Are Prisons Obsolete?
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
Publication Name: Are Prisons Obsolete?
Language: English
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Item Height: 178 mm
Subject: Government
Publication Year: 2003
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 106 g
Author: Angela Davis
Item Width: 126 mm
Format: Paperback
