Executing Freedom: The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment in the United States
University of Chicago press Daniel LaChance November 1, 2016 In… Read More »Executing Freedom: The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment in the United States
Prison and Society
This theme covers prison’s multiple roles in contemporary society, including the ways imprisonment structures, and is structured by, other institutions. Users looking for material on the economic and social functions of prison will find it here. We welcome feedback on this organization during our beta period.
Subthemes
Carceral Geographies
Prison and Public Health
Private Prison Industry
School to Prison Pipeline
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
Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Michel Foucault In this important work, Foucault suggests that such vaunted reforms… Read More »Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison
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
23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement
Yale University Press Keramet Reiter Originally meant to be brief… Read More »23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement
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
Think Justice Blog
Vera Institute of Justice Various authors August 2, 2016 This… Read More »Think Justice Blog
The Red Record: Revealing Lynching in North Carolina
UNC-Chapel Hill, American Studies Elijah Gaddis and Seth Kotch direct… Read More »The Red Record: Revealing Lynching in North Carolina
The Ethics of Captivity
Lori Gruen’s 2015 course, Wesleyan There are a variety of… Read More »The Ethics of Captivity
