Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)

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Description


World-renowned activist Angela Davis discusses how mass incarceration has had little or no effect on crime, how disproportionate numbers of the poor and minorities end up in prison, and the obscene profits the system generates.

About the Author


Angela Yvonne Davis is a professor of history of consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Over the last thirty years, she has been active in numerous organizations challenging prison-related repression. Her advocacy on behalf of political prisoners led to three capital charges, sixteen months in jail awaiting trial, and a highly publicized campaign then acquittal in 1972.

Product Details ISBN-10: 1583225811
ISBN-13: 9781583225813
Published: Open Media, 08/01/2003
Pages: 128
Language: English