Ruth wilson gilmore, alberto tuscano and brena bandar welcome to the dig. What is the prison industrial complex? And why is that concept a useful one for thinking about the american cartal? Sein e: The idea for conceptualizing what we have come to describe as massing carceration was first kind of mater lized in an article by mike davis 20 years ago.
What role does mass incarceration play in American political economy? What does that reveal about what sort of politics are required to overcome it? Ruth Wilson Gilmore with Alberto Toscano and Brenna Bhandar, who edited the new collection Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation.
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