The real cost of prisons comix

The real cost of prisons comix

Book - 2008

"One out of every hundred adults in the U.S. is in prison. This book provides a crash course in what drives mass incarceration, the human and community costs, and how to stop the numbers from going even higher. This volume collects the three comic books published by the Real Cost of Prisons Project. The stories and statistical information in each comic book is thoroughly researched and documented.

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Subjects
Prisons > Social aspects > Comic books, strips, etc.
Prisoners > Social aspects > Comic books, strips, etc.
Prisons > Comic books, strips, etc.
Prisoners > Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Genres
Graphic novels
Published
Oakland, CA : PM Press ©2008.
Language
English
Corporate Author
Real Cost of Prisons Project
Corporate Author
Real Cost of Prisons Project (-)
Other Authors
Lois Ahrens (-)
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9781604860344
  • Preface / Lois Ahrens
  • Introduction / Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Craig Gilmore
  • Prison town
  • paying the price / Kevin Pyle and Craig Gilmore
  • Readers respond Part 1
  • Prisoners of the war on drugs / Sabrina Jones, Ellen Miller-Mack and Lois Ahrens
  • Readers respond Part 2
  • Prisoners of a hard life
  • women and their children / Susan Willmarth, Ellen Miller-Mack and Lois Ahrens.
Review by Library Journal Review

This title collects three shorter comics and provides a wealth of factual information on prisons and the prison population. Each author details how prisons shape our communities and the political, social, and economic factors involved. (LJ 5/15/10) (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

(c) Copyright Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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