“Their plans to expand state carceral systems will be funded by taxpayer dollars. However, as Harrington noted, the worst abuses of prison are built into operations, not brick and mortar.”
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"Ballooning by 834% from 1978 to 2015, the incarceration of cis women has quickly become the next phase of mass incarceration. As more women are incarcerated, their time in prison plays out differently than men’s."
"As state legislatures pass bills to appropriate funds for new prisons and contract with firms for construction, abolitionists on the ground are fighting new prison builds because they know that “if they build it, they will fill it.”"
