Ahrens lois editor (3 risultati)
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Da: Earthlight Books, Walla Walla, WA, U.S.A.Earthlight Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 4 stelleCondizione: Nuovo
EUR 15,07
EUR 4,10 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 2 disponibili
Paperback. Condizione: New. New. No dust jacket as issued. BUY FROM SMALL INDEPENDENTS, NOT SPRAWLING CORPORATIONS! Brand New! Support Pacific Northwest Independent Booksellers! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 72 p. Audience: General/trade. One out of every hundred adults in the U.S. is in prison. This book provides a crash… course in what drives mass incarceration, the human and community costs, and how to stop the numbers from going even higher. This volume collects the three comic books published by the Real Cost of Prisons Project. stories and statistical information in each comic book is thoroughly researched and documented. Prison Town: Paying the Price tells the story of how the financing and site locations of prisons affects the people of rural communities in which prison are built. It also tells the story of how mass incarceration affects people of urban communities where the majority of incarcerated people come from. Prisoners of the War on Drugs includes the history of the war on drugs, mandatory minimums, how racism creates harsher sentences for people of color, stories on how the war on drugs works against women, three strikes laws, obstacles to coming home after incarceration, and how mass incarceration destabilizes neighborhoods. Prisoners of a Hard Life: Women and Their Children includes stories about women trapped by mandatory sentencing and the "costs" of incarceration for women and their families. Also included are alternatives to the present system, a glossary and footnotes. Over 125, 000 copies of the comic books have been printed and more than 100, 000 have been sent to families of people who are incarcerated, people who are incarcerated, and to organizers and activists throughout the country. book includes a chapter with descriptions about how the comix have been put to use in the work of organizers and activists in prison and in the "free world" by ESL teachers, high school teachers, college professors, students, and health care providers throughout the country. demand for them is constant and the ways in which they are being used is inspiring. This book is not an ?on demand? printing. Pyle, Kevin; Jones, Sabrina; Willmarth, Susan (illustratore).
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Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno UnitoRevaluation Books
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EUR 13,89
EUR 11,68 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 2 disponibili
Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 72 pages. 10.00x6.50x0.25 inches. In Stock. Pyle, Kevin; Jones, Sabrina; Willmarth, Susan (illustratore).
Real Cost of Prisons Comix (PM Press)
Ahrens, Lois [Editor]; Pyle, Kevin [Illustrator]; Jones, Sabrina [Illustrator]; Willmarth, Susan [Illustrator]; Gilmore, Craig [Introduction]; Wilson Gilmore, Ruth [Introduction];
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Da: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.BennettBooksLtd
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EUR 64,17
EUR 6,00 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title. Pyle, Kevin; Jones, Sabrina; Willmarth, Susan (illustratore).
