Ruth Wilson Gilmore: 2 books
Golden Gulag
Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2007
Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called "the biggest prison building project in the history of the world."...
Beyond Walls and Cages
Prisons, Borders, and Global Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
The crisis of borders and prisons can be seen starkly in statistics. In 2011 some 1,500 migrants died trying to enter Europe, and the United States deported nearly 400,000 and imprisoned some 2.3 million people—more than at any other time in history. International borders are increasingly militarized...