A review by aoutrance
Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms by Victoria Law, Maya Schenwar

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

"Unlike the fantasies woven by politicians and practitioners of prison-like solutions, these [alternatives to prison] projects don't come premade and perfectly packaged, ready to slip in to replace prisons. Instead, they all require a process of ongoing building: a process that's collaborative and doesn't depend on a hierarchal power to put it in place. It can't because, in order to truly move beyond prisons, we need to move beyond relying on all-powerful institutions."

Reading this has been dramatically transformative for my personal ethics and career goals. Anyone even remotely interested in social justice, human rights and/or prison abolition should pick it up.