Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

18 reviews

jessereadsthings's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

4.0

An interesting and well written introduction to the prison industrial complex and prison abolition. Definitely recommend reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Moderate: Police brutality

headachesince03's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Gun violence, Rape, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Confinement, Drug use, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual violence, and Violence

antijeffbozo_love2read's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Body horror, and Misogyny

Moderate: Islamophobia, Confinement, Classism, Forced institutionalization, and Colonisation

Minor: Pedophilia, Murder, Addiction, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Rape, Mental illness, and Slavery

zombiezami's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.5

Foundational text is foundational 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Death, Police brutality, Violence, Slavery, Torture, Confinement, Sexism, Racism, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, and Addiction

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bashsbooks's review

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

A really useful and informative introduction to prison abolition. Davis' writing style is dense, but understandable - in less than 200 pages, she managed to convey dozens of complex ideas clearly and concisely. She has thought deeply about how the prison industrial complex interacts with a wide variety of identities, which gives the book a revolutionary and intersectional tenor that made me forget several times that she wrote this in 2003. It is still very relevant and much worth reading today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Violence, Confinement, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Ableism, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Islamophobia, War, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Transphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Alcohol

jessthanthree's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Confinement, and Slavery

Moderate: Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Torture, and Classism

Minor: Murder, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Deportation

oworthyfool's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Mental illness, Murder, and Medical content

tigerlark's review

challenging dark informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

A deeply informative book that changed my mind on several things! I wish Davis had gone a little further in explaining restorative justice and how that looks in a more practical context. But it was still a fascinating read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Confinement

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Police brutality, and Slavery

justinareads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexual violence, and Torture

thoughtsontomes's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

This is a good starting point for studying the links between prisons, capitalism, and racism. It does provide some starting points for alternatives to prisons at the end, but that topic requires further reading. This is much more about the point of the title - that prisons should be obsolete and what is happening behind closed doors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Racism, Torture, and Slavery