ES 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: University Of California, Santa Cruz, Angela Davis, American Civil Liberties Union
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Angela davis: phd late 1960"s from germany. In 1970, man walks into the courtroom during a black panther trial. The weapons the men had were registered to davis. She served 16 months in jail for rst degree murder that she did not commit. Spent the majority of her time in solitary con nement. Racism and the pursuit of of pro t drive the desire to expand our prison system. Aclu uncovered that in ca we started expanding prisons based of 3rd grade literacy rates. Pic: a term introduced by activists to contest the prevailing beliefs that prisons expanded because crime rates increased. Prisons can be private, state, federal or hybrids. From 1990-2000 the number of state facilities increased in 81% A pro table punishment industry is based of the new supply of free black and brown bodies. These people work for very little money making all sorts of goods we use today.
