Summary Of Are Prisons Obsolete By Angela Davies

u Reading the book ‘Are Prisons Obsolete?’ by Angela Davies is a reminder of the standard of the comparable perfection ‘justice systems’ having a central theme of punishment and with imprisonment as its monolithic culture. u There is too much evidence indicating the control and ineffectiveness of the current punishment and imprisonment system which implies that the intention is to render more people with assured security, safety, freedom and equality. u However, there is a need to come up with an alternative system before the ineffective system is replaced. u The author supports the argument of abolition and raises some arguable reasons for examination of the impacts associated with the prison industrial complex as opposed to prison reforms.

u. The author notes that the growth of the punishment and imprisonment industry relates to retaliation against the global emancipatory movements. u The author notes that just as the imaginable end of slavery may seem impossible, the end of the use of imprisonment is also thought to be reality. u. It is perceived that the oppressed and marginalized citizens have a higher likelihood of being imprisoned or criminalized. u In so doing, the author has disclosed other similarities between the prison and slavery and analyzed them based on the development of prison industrial complexes. u Both slavery and imprisonment are identified as relying on racism and other related forms of discrimination. u The author has also focused on the role of gender in restructuring prisons, rather than focusing on the role of backlash against violence. u The author has introduced some challenges relating to the abolitionist position on those united in stopping male violence and the abuse of children and women. u Anti-violence workers identified the punishment and imprisonment as a threat to the safety of women and

u The author discusses strip searches of the women as a key exemplification for punishment-based forms of gendering. u. She focuses on the usage and over-use of strip searches in situations that involve imprisonment of related forms of women’s social control. The prison industrial complex is a representation of the stark reality for the lesser persons in the society in terms of equality in access and ensnaring the context of social control Unless awareness grows, majority fear of the prisons not being obsolete at all thus continuing as basis of the social ills in the society. u The author notes that the prisons are crucial in continuous growth of similar corporate interests, relying on the prison industrial and military industrial complex for a huge progressive development. u The book notes that an area in need of reforms is the determination of criminalization and its aspects. u having the majority of harmful actions not criminalized is factually questionable, while some are readily criminalized and punishable through