
lovelybookshelf
Written on Nov 26, 2017
Incredible. Each chapter builds on the previous, and the entire argument concludes with a stunning, heartfelt bang. If you can't fathom a society without the prison system, read this! Angela Davis sheds light on why this is a foreign concept to us, explains why we must abolish the prison system and how that would work, and outlines some alternatives. (Recommended related reading: I Can't Breathe by Matt Taibbi and The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander.)