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Abolition Geography | Ruth Wilson Gilmore & Dalia Gebrial

The Verso Podcast

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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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