Acres of Skin
Medical Abuse Behind Bars Films Media Group Allen M. Hornblum… Read More »Acres of Skin
Prison and Identity
This theme contains resources pertaining to the disciplining and imprisonment of diverse identities. Users looking for material on the over-representation of people of color in prison, women’s prisons, queer and trans* incarceration, and crimmigration will find it here. We welcome feedback on this organization during our beta period.
Subthemes
Immigrant Detention
LGBTQ Incarceration
Race and Incarceration
Women and Incarceration
Beyond the Bars: Breaking Through
The Justice Initiative at Columbia University Beth Richie May 30,… Read More »Beyond the Bars: Breaking Through
2013 George E. Kent Lecture
University of Chicago Michelle Alexander February 21, 2013 Michelle Alexander,… Read More »2013 George E. Kent Lecture
Down on Parchman Farm
The Great Prison in the Mississippi Delta Ohio State University… Read More »Down on Parchman Farm
Death and Other Penalties
Philosophy in a Time of Mass Incarceration Geoffrey Adelsberg Lisa… Read More »Death and Other Penalties
Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era
Dan Berger In this pathbreaking book, Dan Berger offers a… Read More »Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Heather Ann Thompson On September 9, 1971, nearly 1,300 prisoners… Read More »Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality
Regina Kunzel Sex is usually assumed to be a closely… Read More »Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality
Understanding Carceral Fort Snelling in Public Education
University of Minnesota Genevieve Romain, Dustin Sjong, Matthew D. Frater,… Read More »Understanding Carceral Fort Snelling in Public Education