We Need to Talk About an Injustice
TED Talks Bryan Stevenson March 1, 2012 In an engaging… Read More »We Need to Talk About an Injustice
Scholarship
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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
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
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
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