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Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms
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97/100Author:
Maya Schenwar, Victoria Law
Publisher:
The New Press
Date:
July 21, 2020
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.
What The Reviewers Say
While Schenwar and Law occasionally overwhelm the reader with data, their anecdotes drive home their points. Each chapter, aptly titled to show its net-widening approach, such as Confined in Community, or Locked down in Treatment, has plenty of eye-popping stories from scholars, activists, and formerly incarcerated people they interviewed—and there are dozens to give the book heft and credibility.
While Schenwar and Law occasionally overwhelm the reader with data, their anecdotes drive home their points. Each chapter, aptly titled to show its net-widening approach, such as Confined in Community, or Locked down in Treatment, has plenty of eye-popping stories from scholars, activists, and formerly incarcerated people they interviewed—and there are dozens to give the book heft and credibility.
... powerful.
... powerful.
