Discussing Prison Capital: A conversation w/ Dr. Lydia Pelot-Hobbs

Written By Devin Davis
 

In this special episode of From Chains to Change, our deputy director and host Bruce Reilly is joined by Dr Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, currently serving as the professor of Geography and African American & Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky to discuss her book ‘Prison Capital: Mass Incarceration and Struggles for Abolition Democracy in Louisiana’ The book explores Louisiana's rise to having the world's highest incarceration rate, examining the racial and economic factors that fueled mass incarceration alongside the resistance movements that emerged in response.

 

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