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The real cost of prisons comix

Author: Lois Ahrens
Publisher: Oakland, Calif. : PM Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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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Genre/Form: Comic books, strips, etc
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Lois Ahrens
ISBN: 9781604860344 1604860340
OCLC Number: 229020664
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: 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.
Responsibility: [edited by Lois Ahrens].

Abstract:

"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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