The Idea of Prison Abolition

by Tommie Shelby

An incisive and sympathetic examination of the case for ending the practice of imprisonment

Despite its omnipresence and long history, imprisonment is a deeply troubling practice. In the United States and elsewhere, prison conditions are inhumane, prisoners are treated without dignity, and sentences are extremely harsh. Mass incarceration and its devastating impact on black communities have been widely condemned as neoslavery or "the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691229759
• ISBN13: 9780691229751
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.1"