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A 10 page paper that discuses the several authors and their views on the American prison system. The authors cited are: Angela Davis, Marc Mauer, Tara Herivel and Paul Wright and Michael Foucault. The four most recent authors believe prisons, and, in fact, the justice system needs drastic reforms. Their thoughts are explained. Foucault's ideas of control and specifically the idea of the Panopticon for a prison is explained. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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find any references by Foucault that included "American Prisons" in the title. The closest I could find was "Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison," published in 1975.)
The full title of the works to be discussed clearly convey the authors views and perceptions of prisons: * Are Prisons Obsolete? By Angela Davis. * The Race to Incarcerate
by Marc Mauer. * Prison Nation: The Warehousing of Americas Poor by Tara Herivel & Paul Wright, Editors. The reader does not even have to open the books to know
these authors have negative, to say the least, views on prisons. Davis began her campaign to eliminate prisons decades ago. Skipping the content for just a moment, Davis concludes that
70 percent of those incarcerated are black and that prison is a failed institution. She believes those in prison are for the most part victimized by the American government. Her
tone today is the same as it was thirty years ago when she found all things American to be somehow negative. Of course, Davis herself spent time in prison for
actual crimes she committed but she did not belong there, either. In fact, Davis had obtained guns that were used to arm prisoners when they went into the courtroom resulting
in the death of the judge, the main perpetrator and others (CACC Newsletter, 1971). Davis disappeared, dramatically changed her appearance but was subsequently found and arrested in New York City
(CACC Newsletter, 1971). Contrary to any propaganda, Davis was not arrested as a political prisoner, she was arrested for abetting in the crime of murder (CACC Newsletter, 1971). These comments
about Davis are made in the effort to inform the reader; it is important to know the motives of some authors. This does not discount what Davis says in
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