Labor and Punishment: Work in and Out of PrisonErin Hatton The insightful chapters in this volume reveal the multiple and multifaceted intersections between mass incarceration and neoliberal precarity. Both mass incarceration and the criminal justice system are profoundly implicated in the production and reproduction of the low-wage “exploitable” precariat, both within and beyond prison walls. The carceral state is a regime of labor discipline—and a growing one—that extends far beyond its own inmate labor. This regime not only molds inmates into compliant workers willing and expected to accept any “bad” job upon release but also compels many Americans to work in such jobs under threat of incarceration, all the while bolstering their “exploitability” and socioeconomic marginality. Contributors include Anne Bonds, Philip Goodman, Amanda Bell Hughett, Caroline M. Parker, Gretchen Purser, Jacqueline Stevens, and Noah D. Zatz. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Gender Carceral Precarity | 10 |
Prison Labor in America | 17 |
Prison Labor | 42 |
Beyond the Prison | 133 |
Labor Therapy and Surrogate | 179 |
On the Vulnerability | 213 |
Conclusion | 257 |
List of Contributors | 271 |
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