Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
Abstract
The symposium examines the historical and systemic roots of mass incarceration in the United States, tracing its origins to the 13th Amendment, Black Codes, convict leasing, and the war on drugs. It critiques the prison industrial complex as a system of oppression rooted in racism, capitalism, and heteropatriarchy, and advocates for transformative reforms to dismantle policing and incarceration. The analysis emphasizes the need to move beyond superficial reforms and instead adopt abolitionist approaches that address the root causes of systemic violence and inequality.
Disciplines
Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Law | Law and Gender | Law and Politics | Law and Race | Law Enforcement and Corrections
Recommended Citation
Kathryn Miller, Marbré Stahly-Butts, Mecole Jordan-McBride, Kate Levine, Benjamin Tucker & Kumar Rao,
Changing the Way We See Modern Policing: Abolition or Reform,
27
Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just.
435
(2021).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol27/iss2/9
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