Discussion - Angela Davis - "Are Prisons Obsolete?"

For our next meeting we will be turning our gaze to one of the ugliest parts of capitalist society, the prison-industrial complex. We will be reading the text "Are Prisons Obsolete?" by Angela Davis.

From Wikipedia:

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis is a nonfiction book published in 2003 by Seven Stories Press that advocates for the abolition of the prison system. The book examines the evolution of carceral systems from their earliest incarnation to the all-consuming modern prison industrial complex. Davis argues that incarceration fails to reform those it imprisons, instead systematically profiting from the exploitation of prisoners. The book explores potential alternatives to the prison system that could transform the justice system from a punitive instrument of control and retribution into a tool capable of changing lives for the better through a combination of autobiography and academic examination. It is a core text in the prison abolition movement.

I hope you will join us to discuss this interesting and provocative text.

As usual, if you would like to obtain a digital copy, please message me (or go to that site where they have liberated books).