{"product_id":"9798888902646","title":"Skyscraper Jails","description":"Author: Zhandarka Kurti\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798888902646\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 18 Jun 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA damning account of the latest transformation in mass incarceration, revealing how powerful nonprofits and so-called progressives used the language of social movements to build new jails.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ejails, a network of skyscraper facilities amounting to the largest carceral construction the city has seen in decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow did this happen?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e, scholars and organizersJarrod Shanahan and Zhandarka Kurti detail how progressive forces in New York City appropriated the rhetoric of social movements and social justice to promise \"downsized\" and \"humane\" jails. The principal advocates of these new jails were not right-wing politicians, but prominent city activists and progressive non-profit organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eis at once a case study and a cautionary tale for what will be coming to cities and towns across the United States and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925128069278,"sku":"ING-9798888902646","price":35.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798888902646.jpg?v=1782960288","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798888902646","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}