Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms

Name: Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms
ISBN: 9781620973103

Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms connects punishment, gender, race, and community safety, strengthening FemRes coverage of abolition feminism and transformative justice.

Prison Abolition Carceral Feminism Social Justice Race and Gender Political Critique

📝 Book Review & Summary

This book takes safety back from the language of police, prisons, and punishment, turning instead toward survivor support, community accountability, institutional critique, and long repair. It does not romanticize community response; it asks what capacities must be built when people refuse to outsource harm to state violence.

For FemRes, it complements critiques of carceral feminism, anti-sexual-violence resources, Black feminism, and disability justice. It shows abolition not only as opposition to cages, but as a project of reorganizing care, responsibility, and safety.

Publication Info

Author: Maya Schenwar, Victoria Law

Published: July 21, 2020

ISBN: 9781620973103

Language: English

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