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In Are Prisons Obsolete? Dr. Angela Y. Davis, the well-known activist, professor, and former Black Panther, argues not for prison reform, but rather, for the complete abolition of the corporate-heavy prison system as an institution.
Davis' book presents a vivid and useful history of how prison came to be an institution (ironically, it itself began as a reform movement against capital and corporal punishment) and also highlights the racial and sexist problems that afflict our judicial system. Some notable...