![]() ![]() This is an unapologetically abolitionist book. While not confined to a formal prison setting, they were all a part of the same system that enforces white supremacy, isolation, control and surveillance. ![]() (Both are also connected with Waging Nonviolence, with Schenwar serving as an advisory board member and Law as a columnist and contributor.)Ĭautioning against any quick-fix solutions and spotlighting those doing grassroots movement building, the book includes many powerful stories from those impacted - including a Black mother who is on electronic monitor, an Asian American trans person who spent time in a mental institution and a young African American girl who was disciplined by her school for her clothing. The book is written by two prominent journalists ― Maya Schenwar, editor-in-chief of Truthout, and Victoria Law, co-founder of Books Through Bars-NYC and longtime editor of the women’s prison zine Tenacious. It comes as a new wave of reforms are being proposed following the George Floyd protests, and activists are calling to defund the police. “Prison By Any Other Name” is a new book that shows how many alternatives to prison in recent years have still reinforced and extended mass incarceration. ![]()
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