The Prison Industrial Complex
Analysis of Recidivism and Trauma
Racism and Disproportionate Incarceration
All Series II Posts
Modern Slavery – The Connection Between New Feudalism and Mass Incarceration
“If you stick a knife in my back 9 inches and pull it out 6 inches, that’s not progress. If you pull it all the way out, that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. They haven’t pulled the knife out; they won’t even admit that it’s there.” – Malcolm X The…
The Concept of Race and Mass Incarceration
For people of color in America the barriers to chasing the ‘dream,’ or even living comfortably, are tenfold those of white middle and lower class citizens. We like to believe that after events like the civil rights movement, emancipation of slavery, and defeat of slavery part II (Jim Crow Reconstruction Era) we left our ugly…
The Disproportional Punishments of American Incarceration
We live in a reality in which there are two Americas; the criminalized and the wealthy. Due to the intimacy with which our status quo operates with white supremacy’s influence and savage pursuit of capital, it has created institutions that reinforce inequality and maintain establishment domination. One of the most obvious representations of this has…
Parole, Recidivism, and Extension of Trauma
To end the series on prison, I’d like to end on a discussion about mass incarceration by putting in perspective that there are nearly 80 million Americans who have a criminal record. The trauma, injustice, and constant surveillance by law enforcement doesn’t end when people go home. When the system is designed to inflict maximum…
Misleading Statistics and Racism, The Traumatizing Reality of Our Justice System
Following our discussions of race and mass incarceration along with disproportionate punishments doled out to POC by the justice system, it is time to put those concepts together and discuss the full horrifying reality of American prisons from the inside. We are taught at a young age in schools that law enforcement are the good…
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