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The Huge Prison Buildup Of The Past Four Decades Has Few Defenders Today, Yet Reforms To Reduce The Number Of People In U.s. Jails And Prisons Have Been Remarkably Modest. Meanwhile, A Carceral State Has Sprouted In The Shadows Of Mass Imprisonment, Extending Its Reach Far Beyond The Prison Gate. It Includes Not Only The Country's Vast Archipelago Of Jails And Prisons But Also The Growing Range Of Penal Punishments And Controls That Lie In The Never-never Land Between Prison And Full Citizenship, From Probation And Parole To Immigrant Detention, Felon Disenfranchisement, And Extensive Lifetime Restrictions On Sex Offenders. As It Sunders Families And Communities And Reworks Conceptions Of Democracy, Rights, And Citizenship, This Ever-widening Carceral State Poses A Formidable Political And Social Challenge. In This Book, Marie Gottschalk Examines Why The Carceral State, With Its Growing Number Of Outcasts, Remains So Tenacious In The United States. She Analyzes The Shortcomings Of The Two Dominant Penal Reform Strategies--one Focused On Addressing Racial Disparities, The Other On Seeking Bipartisan, Race-neutral Solutions Centered On Reentry, Justice Reinvestment, And Reducing Reci

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Author

Marie Gottschalk; Marie Gottschalk

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400852147

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Science, Law

Rating

4.42 / 5 (46 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14