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Georgia State University - Fall 2012 | ||
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Global Lockdown: Race, Gender, and the Prison-Industrial Complex (1st Edition) by Julia Sudbury (Editor), Julia Chinyere Oparah Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-415-95057-0 / 0415950570 ISBN-13: 978-0-415-95057-2 / 9780415950572 The recent explosion in women's imprisonment in the US - 2,800 per cent increase from 1970 to 2001 - and around the world has received little critical analysis. Women of color, immigrants, and indigenous women, in particular, have been targeted by 'tough on crime' policies and the global war on drug |