Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE
The Jailhouse in Freedom Land

CHAPTER TWO
America Means Prison

CHAPTER THREE
George Jackson and the Black Condition Made Visible

CHAPTER FOUR
The Pedagogy of the Prison

CHAPTER FIVE
Slavery and Race-Making on Trial

CHAPTER SIX
Prison Nation

EPILOGUE
Choosing Freedom

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index