This broad, comparative study examines the social, economic, and legal contexts of crime and authority in two vastly different states over a one hundred year pe

According to George Jackson, black men born in the US are conditioned to accept the inevitability of being imprisoned.... "Being born a slave in a captive socie

Hank Lacayo Best Labor Themed Book, International Latino Book Awards Best Book Award, Division of Critical Criminology and Social Justice, American Society of C

An enraging, necessary look at the private prison system, and a convincing clarion call for prison reform.” —NPR.org New York Times Book Review 10 Best Book

This historically accurate and thoroughly researched book compares the modern American prison system to antebellum slavery. The surprising comparison proves tha