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Abolition Geography | Ruth Wilson Gilmore & Dalia Gebrial

The Verso Podcast

CHAPTER

The Surplus Population and the Role of Prisons

This chapter explores the anxiety governments have towards the surplus population and how prisons are seen as a solution to multiple societal problems. It discusses the relationship between inequality, prisons, and policing, as well as the privatization of prisons and public services.

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