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Celling Black Bodies: Black Women in the Global Prison Industrial Complex

Posted on 2017/09/13 by Warzone Distro

“Since the early 1990s, increases in the prison population in England and Wales have sparked a boom in prison construction, leading commentators to comment on ‘the largest prison building program since the middle of the 19th century’ (Morgan, 1999: 110). … Continue reading →

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Survival in Solitary: A manual written by & for people living in control units

Posted on 2017/09/13 by Warzone Distro

Text from back cover: “The federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, went on permanent lock down in 1983. This created the first “control unit”. Now, in addition to the federal government, some forty states have built these “maxi-maxi” prisons — representations … Continue reading →

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