CRM 4302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Angela Davis, Tv Nation, Aramark
30 Jan 2017
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Lecture 4 the pic, intersectionality, and abolition. Phrase popularized by angela davis, term used to talk about the involvement of corporations in imprisonment and its involvement of the rise of mass incarceration in the us. The american prison population grew dramatically since the 70s, by over 400%, the us has 5% of the (cid:449)orld"s populatio(cid:374), a(cid:374)d 25% of the (cid:449)orld"s priso(cid:374)ers, i(cid:374)(cid:272)ar(cid:272)erates (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) russia, a(cid:374)d more than china. The pic does not have any stakes in efforts to curb crime, not about deterrence, even though that"s o(cid:374)e of the reaso(cid:374)s appare(cid:374)tl(cid:455) that priso(cid:374)s e(cid:454)ist. When we look at the economic and political functions of imprisonment, we can say that it is driven by the pursuit of profit, for the good of companies. Prison labour use of prisoners to produce commodities: prisoners has been used for pharmaceutical trials. Tv nation inmates as travel agents (youtube video) Aramark company runs food services, etc. for prisons, universities, etc.
