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The Prison of Democracy: Race, Leavenworth, and the Culture of Law

English

By (author): Sara M. Benson

At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Presss Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.

Built in the 1890s at the center of the nation, Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary was designed specifically to be a replica of the US Capitol Building. But why? The Prison of Democracy explains the political significance of a prison built to mimic one of Americas monuments to democracy. Locating Leavenworth in memory, history, and law, the prison geographically sits at the borders of Indian Territory (18251854) and Bleeding Kansas (18541864), both sites of contestation over slavery and freedom. Author Sara M. Benson argues that Leavenworth reshaped the design of punishment in America by gradually normalizing state-inflicted violence against citizens. Leavenworths peculiar architecture illustrates the real roots of mass incarcerationas an explicitly race- and nation-building system that has been ingrained in the very fabric of US history rather than as part of a recent post-war racial history. The book sheds light on the truth of the painful relationship between the carceral state and democracy in the USa relationship that thrives to this day.   See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 272g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 16 Apr 2019
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780520296961

About Sara M. Benson

Sara M. Benson is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at San Jose State University and teaches at Oakes College at the University of California Santa Cruz. 

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