Prison by any other name the harmful consequences of popular reforms

"Electronic monitoring. Locked-down drug treatment centers. House arrest. Mandated psychiatric treatment. Data-driven surveillance. Extended probation. These are some of the key alternatives held up as cost-effective substitutes for jails and prisons. But many of these so-called reforms actuall...

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Main Authors: Schenwar, Maya (Author), Law, Vikki (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : The New Press, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Your home is your prison
  • Locked down in "treatment"
  • Confined in "community"
  • Policing parenthood
  • Communities as open-air prisons
  • Your school is your prison
  • Beyond alternatives.