Beyond Walls and Cages

Reviews / Votes

Dares to undertake a task of political emergency that is here, now, and deeply historical . . . The thinkers in this collection catalyze a series of debates, conversations, and imaginative possibilities that stretch and vitally distend the existing horizons and languages of abolitionist, human/immigrant rights, prison reform, and U.S. border activisms. A mind-boggling array of critical positions, all informed by on-the-ground political work, is present in these pages. No one will walk away from this book unchanged. -- Dylan Rodriguez * author of <i>Forced Passages: Imprisoned Radical Intellectuals and the U.S. Prison Regime</i> * Bringing together immigrant justice and antiprison organizing, this volume offers an unusual and enlightening mix of writing by scholars, activists, and artists. There is not a lot available on migrant detention, and from what this book tells us it is on the increase, with record numbers of people detained. -- Jennifer Hyndman * author of <i>Managing Displacement: Refugees and the Politics of Humanitarianism</i> * This is an unashamedly partisan book, which nails its colours firmly to the anti-prison and immigrant justice masts - and the success of the collection is all the greater for it. A timely, insightful and diverse collection, it spans an enormous range of issues and perspectives and offers a rich discussion of the connections between prisons, migration policing and detention, border fortification and militarisation. -- Dominique Moran * <i>Society and Space</i> * This is a radical book that strips away any pretense that prisons and policies designed to place as many people as possible in them can be humane. The writers herein issue a clear and thoughtful call to reconsider the entire concept of prisons that US society and its institutions have based their approach to dealing with the poor, non-white, and others with little power in their midst. -- Ron Jacobs * <i>Counterpunch</i> * Beyond Walls and Borders is a resounding 'must-read' for any activist, scholar, or those straddling worlds between. -- Ulises Moreno-Tabarez * <i>London School of Economics and Political Science Review of Books</i> * The diversity of voices and perspectives in one of the strengths of [Beyond Walls and Cages], taken collectively the reader is given a complex and multifaceted picture of imprisonment and detention. . . . [it is an] important contribution to the existing critical geographic scholarship on imprisonment and immigrant detention. -- Jill Williams * <i>Antipode</i> *