{"product_id":"race-to-incarcerate-a-graphic-retelling-9781595585417","title":"Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Do not underestimate the power of the book you are holding in your hands.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Michelle Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than 2 million people are now imprisoned in the United States, producing the highest rate of incarceration in the world. How did this happen? As the director of The Sentencing Project, Marc Mauer has long been one of the country's foremost experts on sentencing policy, race, and the criminal justice system. His book \u003ci\u003eRace to Incarcerate\u003c\/i\u003e has become the essential text for understanding the exponential growth of the U.S. prison system; Michelle Alexander, author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e, calls it \"utterly indispensable.\" Now, Sabrina Jones, a member of the \u003ci\u003eWorld War 3 Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e collective and an acclaimed author of politically engaged comics, has collaborated with Mauer to adapt and update the original book into a vivid and compelling comics narrative. Jones's dramatic artwork adds passion and compassion to the complex story of the penal system's shift from rehabilitation to punishment and the ensuing four decades of prison expansion, its interplay with the devastating \"War on Drugs,\" and its corrosive effect on generations of Americans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a preface by Mauer and a foreword by Alexander, \u003ci\u003eRace to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling\u003c\/i\u003e presents a compelling argument about mass incarceration's tragic impact on communities of color--if current trends continue, one of every three black males and one of every six Latino males born today can expect to do time in prison. The race to incarcerate is not only a failed social policy, but also one that prevents a just, diverse society from flourishing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSabrina Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eIsadora Duncan: A Graphic Biography\u003c\/i\u003e and a contributor to \u003ci\u003eWorld War 3 Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWobblies!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Real Cost of Prisons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStuds Terkel's\u003c\/i\u003e Working (The New Press), \u003ci\u003eFDR and the New Deal for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYiddishkeit\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRadical Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. \u003cb\u003eMarc Mauer\u003c\/b\u003e is the executive director of The Sentencing Project in Washington, D.C. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRace to Incarcerate\u003c\/i\u003e, a semifinalist for the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and the co-editor, with Meda Chesney-Lind, of \u003ci\u003eInvisible Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e (both available from The New Press). He lives in the Washington, D.C., area. \u003cb\u003eMichelle Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615836377362,"sku":"9781595585417","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c690a783-619b-49d4-81cb-e60ad1ab0c1f.jpg?v=1732499500","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/race-to-incarcerate-a-graphic-retelling-9781595585417","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}