Résumé
This anthology exposes our increasingly conservative and punitive state, and uncovers the economic and political realities behind the imprisonment of numbers of the working class, working poor, and people of color.
Contenu
Part I. Overview – 1. The fortress economy: the economic role of the U.S. prison system / Alexander C. Lichtenstein & Michael A. Kroll – 2. Gardens of the law: the role of prisons in capitalist society / Joel Olson – 3. The criminalization of poverty / Sabina Virgo – 4. The labor of doing time / Julie Browne – 5. The politics of super incarceration / Mike Davis.
Part II. Conditions for Resistance – 6. In critical condition: abuse, neglect, and poor health care in U.S. prisons – 7. The prison discipline study: exposing the myth of humane imprisonment in the United States – 8. Legislating repression: The Federal Crime Bill and the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act / C. Stone Brown – 9. Resistance at Lexington / Laura Whitehorn – 10. Building bridges / Lin Elliot – 11. Prisoners respond to AIDS / Judy Greenspan – 12. Medical Treatment at Chowchilla / Joann Walker.
Part III. Women in Prison – 13. Women in society: statistics on the condition of women – 14. Behind the walls: the history and current reality of women's imprisonment / Nancy Kurshan – 15. The politics of confinement and resistance: the imprisonment of women / Karlene Faith – 16. Sisters inside: prisons and social control / Kinesis Staff – 17. Women's Control Unit / Silvia Baraldini & others.
Part IV. The Death Penalty is Dead Wrong – 18. Death penalty facts and figures: exploding the myths – 19. The case against the death penalty / Hugo Adam Bedau – 20. Teetering on the brink between death and life / Mumia Abu-Jamal – 21. Killing justice: government misconduct and the death penalty / Death Penalty Information Center.
Part V. Political Imprisonment in the United States – 22. Prisons as concentration camps: it can't happen here - or can it? / José Lopez – 23. Speaking truth to power: political prisoners in the United States / Dhoruba Bin Wahad – 24. White north American political prisoners / B♀ (Rita D. Brown) et al. – 25. Native-American religious freedom under attack: an interview with Little Rock Reed / Deborah Garlin.
Part VI. The Nationwide Lockdown – 26. Supermax prisons: high-tech dungeons and modern-day torture / Erica Thompson & Jan Susler – 27. The crime of punishment: Pelican Bay Maximum Security Prison / Corey Weinstein & Eric Cummins – 28. Lexington Prison High Security Unit: U.S. political prison / Mary O’Melveny – 29. Shackled justice: Florence - the cutting edge of social control / Robert Perkinson -- Conclusion: the real dragon – Appendix: Suggestions for action.