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Category Archive: prisons

What Have We Done to Each Other?

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In the time of COVID, we are all married to each other. But some of our spouses are sociopaths.

Alex Sayf Cummings November 22, 2020 class, coronavirus, film, gender, prisons, religion

Triggers and Vulnerabilities: Why California Prisons Are So Vulnerable to COVID-19, and What to Do About It

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Good intentions and short-sighted thinking have turned prison reform in California into a COVID catastrophe, argues legal scholar Hadar Aviram.

Guest July 3, 2020 California, coronavirus, crime, law, prisons

The Hurricane and the Prisoners’ Dilemma

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As Hurricane Florence wades across the Carolinas with stoner-like efficiency, we were left with an indelible image that […]

Alex Sayf Cummings September 14, 2018 Aneurysms, climate change, Education, Lana Del Rey, prisons

ToM’s Unofficial Archives Featured on WordPress Discover

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We were delighted to see one of the first posts in our Unofficial Archives series featured on the […]

Guest March 7, 2018 California, material culture, oral history, prisons, Unofficial Archives

What Modern Monetary Theory Can Teach Us about Criminal Justice

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I delivered the talk published below as part of a panel at Yale’s annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference, on […]

Guest July 6, 2017 crime, law, Poverty, prisons, race, radical politics

The Untold Story of a Prison Guard’s Struggle

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With a generator powering the house, my family reluctantly went through belongings at my sister’s home. While going […]

Unofficial Archives March 15, 2017 crime, gender, prisons, public history, Unofficial Archives

The Whole World a Prison: Forced Feminization Narratives and the Politics of Sexual Identity

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[Editor’s note: Though undoubtedly analytical, the post below contains references to mature themes, sexuality, and sexual assault. Please […]

Casey Baskin September 19, 2016 gender, prisons, sexuality, transgender

Civil Rights History at Tropics of Meta

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Martin Luther King Day is unique among American holidays, in the sense that it does not commemorate a […]

Guest January 18, 2016 Chicano history, civil rights, Education, feminism, Los Angeles, prisons, sports, surfing

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