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Prison abolitionist and journalist Law (Resistance Behind Bars) attempts to disprove common myths about incarceration in this brief, wide-ranging text. Dividing the work into four parts—the prison population boom, social services in prisons, overlooked groups (women and transgender people), and restorative and transformative justice—Law refutes a myth in each of 21 chapters; for instance, the claim that prisons provide much-needed health care services, and the claim that immigration detention is a sep...Log In or Sign Up to Read More