Prison land : mapping carceral power across neoliberal America / Brett Story.

"From broken-window policing in Detroit to prison-building in Appalachia, exploring the expansion of the carceral state and its oppressive social relations into everyday life Prison Land offers a geographic excavation of the prison as a set of social relations--including property, work, gender, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Story, Brett (Author)
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Prisons > United States.
Prisons > Canada.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Canada.
Corrections > Political aspects > United States.
Corrections > Political aspects > Canada.
Capitalism > United States.
Capitalism > Canada.
Capitalism.
Prisons.
Canada.
United States.
Physical Description:xiii, 219 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The prison out of place
  • The prison in the city : securitizing property in bankrupt Detroit
  • Neighborhood watch : reform and real estate in gentrifying Brooklyn
  • Rural extractions : work and wages in the Appalachian coalfields
  • The prison in-between : caretaking and crisis on the visitors' bus
  • Community confinements : social control in everyday life
  • Freedom struggles and the future of carceral space.