Are Prisons Obsolete?

Name: Are Prisons Obsolete?
Rating: 4.2727272727272725 (88 reviews)
Author: Angela Y. Davis
ISBN: 9781583225813

by Angela Y. Davis

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(88 ratings)

128 pages3 editions2003Seven Stories PressISBN 9781583225813

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About this book

>Amid rising public concern about the proliferation and privatization of prisons, and their promise of enormous profits, world-renowned author and activist Angela Y. Davis argues for the abolition of the prison system as the dominant way of responding to America's social ills. - publisher (allegedly)

Publication Details

Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 2003
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9781583225813
Language: en
Editions: 3

About Angela Y. Davis

Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, academic, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. **Source**: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis">Angela Davis</a> on Wikipedia (Wikipedia contributors, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>).