Ep. 243 Prison by Any Other Name by Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law -- The Stacks Book Club (Mariame Kaba)

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Today anti-violence activist and author Mariame Kaba returns to discuss Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms by Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law for The Stacks Book Club. We highlight the depth of knowledge that this book provides about the history and current state of criminalization, and unpack the idea that prison is something that ties us all together. We ask why so many so-called reforms look like prison and policing, and what solutions might work in their place.

Be sure to listen to the end of today's episode to find out what our December book club pick will be.

You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2022/11/30/ep-243-prison-by-any-other-name

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0:00.0	Do you know what sucks really bad?
0:02.3	Missing out on tickets to the biggest tour of the year.
0:06.8	Not Taylor Swift, not Beyonce, but the live in the stacks tour.
0:13.3	We have only three stops left, so you need to grab your tickets now before you have major
0:20.1	FOMO for the rest of your life.
0:22.7	I will be in Washington, D.C. with Jason Reynolds on Sunday, September 24th.
0:28.0	I will be in New York City with KSA layman on Monday, September 25th, and you can find
0:32.9	me for the last stop of the tour on Wednesday, October 18th, with a few special guests which
0:39.3	we will announce real, real soon.
0:42.2	I promise you a night of big laps, hot takes, and more bookish conversation than you could
0:47.6	possibly imagine.
0:49.8	Tickets are selling fast, so head to the stackspodcast.com slash tour and get them before they're gone.
0:57.5	And I can't wait to see you live in the stacks.
1:10.2	Welcome to the stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them.
1:13.0	I'm your host, Tracy Thomas, and today is the stacks November Book Club Day.
1:17.4	I'm joined again by abolitionist activist, founder, and author, Mariam Caba.
1:23.0	We're breaking down the book, prisoned by any other name, the harmful consequences of
1:26.4	popular reforms co-written by Maya Shenwar and Victoria Law, with a forward from Michelle
1:31.3	Alexander.
1:32.5	This book is a deep dive into the idea of prison reforms, what they're sold to the public
1:37.0	as, and what they truly entail.
1:39.5	Prisoned by any other name is a must read for anyone interested in social justice and
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