Overview
Mass Incarceration on Trial examines a series of landmark decisions about prison conditionsculminating in Brown v. Plata, decided in May 2011 by the U.S. Supreme Courtthat has opened an unexpected escape route from this trap of tough on crime” politics. This set of rulings points toward values that could restore legitimate order to American prisons and, ultimately, lead to the demise of mass incarceration. Simon argues that much like the school segregation cases of the last century, these new cases represent a major breakthrough in jurisprudencemoving us from a hollowed-out vision of civil rights to the threshold of human rights and giving court backing for the argument that, because the conditions it creates are fundamentally cruel and unusual, mass incarceration is inherently unconstitutional.
Since the publication of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow, states around the country have begun to question the fundamental fairness of our criminal justice system. This book offers a provocative and brilliant reading to the end of mass incarceration.
This book title, Mass Incarceration on Trial (A Remarkable Court Decision and the Future of Prisons in America), ISBN: 9781595587695, by Jonathan Simon, published by The New Press (August 5, 2014) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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