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Culture and GlobalizationPrisons
April 3, 2013
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US Prison Facts● Between 1980 and 2008, the US prison population
quadrupled, from 500,000 to 2.3 million.
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US Prison Facts● Between 1980 and 2008, the US prison population
quadrupled, from 500,000 to 2.3 million.● 1 out of every 143 Americans was in jail or prison in
2002.
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US Prison Facts● Between 1980 and 2008, the US prison population
quadrupled, from 500,000 to 2.3 million.● 1 out of every 143 Americans was in jail or prison in
2002.● The US has 5% of the world's population and 25% of
the world's prisoners.
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US Prison Facts● Between 1980 and 2008, the US prison population
quadrupled, from 500,000 to 2.3 million.● 1 out of every 143 Americans was in jail or prison in
2002.● The US has 5% of the world's population and 25% of
the world's prisoners.● The US is the most incarcerating nation that has ever
existed.
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US Prison Facts● Between 1980 and 2008, the US prison population
quadrupled, from 500,000 to 2.3 million.● 1 out of every 143 Americans was in jail or prison in
2002.● The US has 5% of the world's population and 25% of
the world's prisoners.● The US is the most incarcerating nation that has ever
existed.● African Americans and Hispanics make up about 25%
of the US population and 58% of the prison population.
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US Prison Facts● Between 1980 and 2008, the US prison population
quadrupled, from 500,000 to 2.3 million.● 1 out of every 143 Americans was in jail or prison in
2002.● The US has 5% of the world's population and 25% of
the world's prisoners.● The US is the most incarcerating nation that has ever
existed.● African Americans and Hispanics make up about 25%
of the US population and 58% of the prison population.● Whites use drugs at 5 times the rate of African
Americans; African Americans are imprisoned at 10 times the rate of Whites for drug crimes.
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US Prison Facts● Between 1980 and 2008, the US prison population
quadrupled, from 500,000 to 2.3 million.● 1 out of every 143 Americans was in jail or prison in
2002.● The US has 5% of the world's population and 25% of
the world's prisoners.● The US is the most incarcerating nation that has ever
existed.● African Americans and Hispanics make up about 25%
of the US population and 58% of the prison population.● Whites use drugs at 5 times the rate of African
Americans; African Americans are imprisoned at 10 times the rate of Whites for drug crimes.
● Corrections costs about $70 billion annually.
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Prison Industrial Complex (PIC)
What does this term mean?
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Prison Industrial Complex (PIC)
● Eisenhower warned against the "military industrial complex" - what happens to war when profit becomes a motive○ The example of uranium mining in Navajo country
● To discuss a PIC is to ask about private gains (of both public and private prisons) and how this might drive social policy
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Prisons and Economics
How do prisons deal with the economic crises of globalization?
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Accumulation and Crisis
Ruth Wilson Gilmore argues that the expansion of the prison system in the US is a response to four crises of accumulation in the context of globalization: surpluses of
● finance capital● land● state capacity● labor
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Angela Davis: Are Prisons Obsolete?
Be prepared to lead the class in a discussion of your chapter. You should be able to address:● The key idea(s) or argument(s) of your
chapter - what is the big picture the chapter paints?
● Specific examples Davis uses to illustrate the key ideas/arguments.
● Any questions or reflections your group had on the chapter.
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Do we need prisons?