3 Positions Against Prisons (A6)
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Publisher: Active Distribution
Author: August O’Clairre
Publisher: Active Distribution
ISBN: 9781909798762
Published:
Format: Pamphlet
Size: 4.1 x 5.8
Page count: 20
This pamphlet offers an excellent critique of prisons, arguing that prison is not just a physical site but also a condition that exists within society. Specifically, it offers a solid analysis of prison abolition, arguing that in seeking to “shrink” the prison industrial complex, abolitionists often end up replacing prison with other less brutal institutions. Consequently, prison doesn’t disappear but rather its mechanisms – surveillance, militarization of the police, etc – spread throughout society.
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