Incarceration and race in Michigan: grounding national debate in state practice

Abstract

Introduction / Lynn Orilla Scott and Curtis Stokes -- Policing black/brown communities inside/outside the United States : neoliberalism and the rise of the : "carceral state" in the twenty-first century / Darryl C. Thomas -- Youth of color and Michigan's juvenile justice system / Michelle Weemhoff and Jason Smith -- Basketballs can be a bitch! / Martin Vargas -- Behind bars : the current state of U.S. prison literature / D. Quentin Miller -- Sense of solitary confinement / Phillip "UcciKan" Sample -- Solo's life narrative : freedom for me was an evolution, not a revolution / Megan Sweeney -- Outside fences : the rewilding of the motor city viewed from a prison / Rand Gould -- Criminal justice, disconnected youth and latino males in the United States and in Michigan / Rubén Martinez, Bette Avila, and Barry Lewis -- Lox (the Wolverine) : the struggle to express a native american identity in the carceral state / Aaron Kinzel -- Mass incarceration and mental illness : addressing the crisis / Carolyn Pratt Van Wyck and Elizabeth Pratt -- What works in prisoner reentry : reducing crime, recidivism, and prison populations / Dennis Schrantz -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index.