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"An essential work...." Library Journal, Starred Review * In this provocative book that connects the regulation of African American people into a powerful narrative. Updated throughout, the book includes a new chapter on policing black athletes' bodies, and expanded coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement, policing trans bodies, and policing Black women's bodies.

Intro -- Notes on Title -- Praise -- Legals -- Title -- Table of Contents -- Foreword by Larry Krasner -- Introduction by Melina Abdullah -- NGGA THEORY -- PROLOGUE -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index.

Cover -- Praise -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. The Origin of Complexes -- 2. Race and the Persistence of Law-and-Order Ideology -- 3. The Failed War(s) on Drugs -- 4. Private Profits and Private Prisons -- 5. Youth, Immigration, and Solitary Confinement -- 6. Recidivism and Real Reform -- Epilogue: From The New Jim Crow to Jimmy's Back to The Last Jimmy -- Appendix: Syllabus: Black Prison Narratives -- Further Reading -- About the Author/Illustrators -- Black Kirby Gallery -- Backcover

This book takes readers into the cells of a maximum security prison to reveal the personal accounts of over sixty women that are incarcerated for drug crimes. The stories will shock and entertain, and will certainly help readers to see more than the statistics behind drug offenses

"Often seen as a political sop to the racial fears of white voters, aggressive policing and draconian sentencing for illegal drug possession and related crimes have led to the imprisonment of millions of African Americans--far in excess of their representation in the population as a whole. Michael Javen Fortner [argues] that these punitive policies also enjoyed the support of many working-class and middle-class blacks, who were angry about decline and disorder in their communities. [His book examines] the role African Americans played in creating today's system of mass incarceration"--Dust jacket flap