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Building Carcerality

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2024 by Lisa Haber-Thomson, Dana McKinney White published in Prison Legal News November, 2024, page 26
Filed under: Effects of Mass Incarceration. Location: United States of America.

by Dana McKinney White and Lisa Haber-Thomson

Architects and designers must reckon with their role in the past and future of mass incarceration.

The U.S. carceral landscape is a loose network of sites of detention that includes jails and prisons, along with detention centers, prison camps, and juvenile detention centers. ...

 

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