Abolition Now!: Ten Years of Strategy and Struggle Against the Prison Industrial Complex

Abolition Now!: Ten Years of Strategy and Struggle Against the Prison Industrial Complex
ISBN-10
1904859968
ISBN-13
9781904859963
Category
Political Science
Pages
157
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
A K PressDistribution
Author
CR10 Publications Collective

Description

Over seven million people live under the control of US prison and parole systems. The vast majority of them are people of colour or youth. Between 2000 and 2007, Congress added 454 new offences to the criminal code. In comparison, Blair added 3000 new laws during his leadership. The UK prison population is similarly skewed in terms of race and class. For a decade, Critical Resistance has organised to abolish the reliance on imprisonment, policing and surveillance. Reflecting on key themes of Dismantle, Change and Build, this book celebrates their bold strategies and work.

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