Skyscraper Jails: The Abolitionist Fight Against Jail Expansion in New York City
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Academic Unit
College of Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
2025
Document Type
Book
Abstract
In Skyscraper Jails, scholars and organizers Jarrod Shanahan and Zhandarka Kurti detail how progressive forces in New York City appropriated the rhetoric of social movements and social justice to promise “downsized” and “humane" jails. The principal advocates of these new jails were not right-wing politicians, but prominent city activists and progressive non-profit organizations.
As the political coalition that campaigned for the new jails fans out across the United States, the story at the heart of Skyscraper Jails is at once a case study and a cautionary tale for what will be coming to cities and towns across the United States and beyond.
ISBN
Hardback ISBN: 9798888903087 | Paperback ISBN: 9798888902646 | ebook ISBN: 9798888902875
Publisher
Haymarket Books
City
Chicago, IL
Recommended Citation
Shanahan, Jarrod and Kurti, Zhandarka, "Skyscraper Jails: The Abolitionist Fight Against Jail Expansion in New York City" (2025). Faculty Authors and Creators Reception. 77.
https://opus.govst.edu/fac/77