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Prison capital : mass incarceration and struggles for abolition democracy in Louisiana / Lydia Pelot-Hobbs.

"Every year between 1998 to 2020 except one, Louisiana had the highest per capita rate of incarceration in the nation and thus the world. This is the first detailed account of Louisiana's unprecedented turn to mass incarceration from 1970 to 2020. Through extensive research, Lydia Pelot-Ho...

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Main Author: Pelot-Hobbs, Lydia (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Series:Justice, power, and politics.
Subjects:
Mass incarceration > Louisiana > History > 20th century.
Mass incarceration > Louisiana > History > 21st century.
Mass incarceration > Government policy > Louisiana.
Racism against Black people > Louisiana.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > Louisiana.
Capitalism > Political aspects > Louisiana.
Prison abolition movements > Louisiana.
Louisiana > Politics and government.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Aspect politique > Louisiane.
Louisiane > Politique et gouvernement.
Racisme à l'égard des personnes noires > Louisiane.
Abolitionnisme pénal > Louisiane.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography.
Capitalism > Political aspects.
Mass incarceration.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects.
Politics and government.
Prison abolition movements.
Racism against Black people.
Louisiana.
1900-2099
History.

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