I Guess I Would Say First Of

Prisons Do Not Disappear Social Problems, They Disappear Human Beings. Homelessness, Unemployment, Drug Addiction, Mental Illness, And Illiteracy Are Only A Few Of The Problems That Disappear From Public View When The Human Beings Contending With Them Are Relegated To Cages.

You Have To Act As If It Were Possible To Radically Transform The World. And You Have To Do It All The Time.

Racism Cannot Be Separated From Capitalism.

One Of The Reasons That So Many People Of Color And Poor People Are In Prison Is That The Deindustrialization Of The Economy Has Led To The Creation Of New Economies And The Expansion Of Some Old Ones – I Have Already Mentioned The Drug Trade And The Market For Sexual Services. At The Same Time, Though, There Are Any Number Of Communities That More Than Welcome Prisons As A Source Of Employment. Communities Even Compete With One Another To Be The Site Where New Prisons Will Be Constructed Because Prisons Create A Significant Number Of Relatively Good Jobs For Their Residents

Often Young Black People Are Looking Towards The Alternative Economies. They Are Looking Towards The Drug Economy.... The Economies That Are Going To That Apparently Will Produce Some Kind Of Material Gain For Them.