James William Kilgore
Author
Publisher
New Press, The
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"We all know that orange is the new black and mass incarceration is the new Jim Crow, but how much do we actually know about the structure, goals, and impact of our criminal justice system? Understanding Mass Incarceration offers the first comprehensive overview of the incarceration apparatus put in place by the world's largest jailer: the United States. Drawing on a growing body of academic and professional work, Understanding Mass Incarceration...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A riveting primer on the growing trend of surveillance, monitoring, and control that is extending our prison system beyond physical walls and into a dark future-by the prize-winning author of Understanding Mass Incarceration"--
Author
Publisher
PM Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The most eye-popping statistics alone cannot relate the enormity of its psychological and societal impacts. This concise, illustrated primer is a collaboration between one of mass incarceration's sharpest opponents, James Kilgore, and information artist Vic Lui."--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
PM Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Set in Oakland, California, white ex-convict Cal Winter returns home one day to find his gorgeous, young, black wife, Prudence, drowned in the swimming pool. Prudence couldn't swim, and Cal concludes she didn't go in the water willingly. Though theirs was a marriage of convenience, he takes the murder personally. Along with his former prison inmate, Red Eye, Cal sets out to find out who did Prudence in. His convoluted and often darkly humorous journey...