Dismantling Mass Incarceration

In recent years, a searching national conversation has called attention to the social and racial injustices that define Americas criminal system. But despite growing movements for change, the vast machinery of the carceral state remains very much intact. How can its damage and depredations be undone?

In this pathbreaking reader, three of the nations leading advocatesPremal Dharia, James Forman Jr., and Maria Hawiloprovide us with tools to move from despair and critique to hope and action.Dismantling Mass Incarcerationsurveys various approaches to confronting the carceral state, exploring bold but practical interventions involving police, prosecutors, public defenders, judges, prisons, and even life after prison. Rather than prescribing solutions, the book offers a forum for discussionsand disagreementsabout how to best confront the harms of mass incarceration. The contributors range from noted figures such as Angela Y. Davis, Clint Smith, and Larry Krasner to local organizers, advocates, scholars, lawyers, and judges, as well as people who have been incarcerated. The result is an invaluable guide for anyone who wishes to understand mass incarcerationand hasten its end.

Paperback, July 9th 2024