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Skyscraper Jails: The Fight Against Jail Expansion in New York City
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A damning account of the latest transformation in mass incarceration, revealing how powerful nonprofits and progressives use the language of social movements to help pave the way for new jails.
In 2019, after unyielding pressure from activists, New York City seemed poised to close the detested Rikers Island penal colony. But the city had not actually committed to closing Rikers. At the same time, it was laying the groundwork for the construction of more jails, a network of skyscraper facilities amounting to the largest carceral construction the city has seen in decades.
How did this happen?
In Skyscraper Jails, scholars and organizers Jarrod Shanahan and Zhandarka Kurti detail how a political coalition of progressive forces, non-profit organizations, and prominent city activists campaigned for “downsized” and “humane” new jails. The story at the heart of Skyscraper Jails is at once a case study and a cautionary tale for what will be coming to cities and towns across the United States and beyond. |
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