This document contains facts about US prisons: - Between 1980 and 2008, the US prison population quadrupled from 500,000 to 2.3 million. - In 2002, 1 out of every 143 Americans was in jail or prison. - The US has 5% of the world's population but 25% of the world's prisoners. - African Americans and Hispanics make up 25% of the US population but 58% of the prison population. - Corrections costs about $70 billion annually, making prisons a significant economic institution.

1. Culture and Globalization
Prisons II
November 1, 2017

2. US Prison Facts
● Between 1980 and 2008, the US prison population
quadrupled, from 500,000 to 2.3 million.

3. US Prison Facts
● Between 1980 and 2008, the US prison population
quadrupled, from 500,000 to 2.3 million.
● 1 out of every 143 Americans was in jail or prison in
2002.

4. US Prison Facts
● Between 1980 and 2008, the US prison population
quadrupled, from 500,000 to 2.3 million.
● 1 out of every 143 Americans was in jail or prison in
2002.
● The US has 5% of the world's population and 25% of
the world's prisoners.

5. US Prison Facts
● Between 1980 and 2008, the US prison population
quadrupled, from 500,000 to 2.3 million.
● 1 out of every 143 Americans was in jail or prison in
2002.
● The US has 5% of the world's population and 25% of
the world's prisoners.
● The US is the most incarcerating nation that has ever
existed.

6. US Prison Facts
● Between 1980 and 2008, the US prison population
quadrupled, from 500,000 to 2.3 million.
● 1 out of every 143 Americans was in jail or prison in
2002.
● The US has 5% of the world's population and 25% of
the world's prisoners.
● The US is the most incarcerating nation that has ever
existed.
● African Americans and Hispanics make up about 25%
of the US population and 58% of the prison population.

7. US Prison Facts
● Between 1980 and 2008, the US prison population
quadrupled, from 500,000 to 2.3 million.
● 1 out of every 143 Americans was in jail or prison in
2002.
● The US has 5% of the world's population and 25% of
the world's prisoners.
● The US is the most incarcerating nation that has ever
existed.
● African Americans and Hispanics make up about 25%
of the US population and 58% of the prison population.
● Corrections costs about $70 billion annually.

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12. Prisons and Economics
How do prisons deal with the economic crises
of globalization?

13. Prisons and Economics
How do prisons deal with the economic crises
of globalization?
What is a crisis of accumulation in
capitalism?

14. Prisons and Economics
Ruth Wilson Gilmore argues that the expansion
of the prison system in the US is a response to
four crises of accumulation in the context of
globalization: surpluses of
● finance capital
● land
● state capacity
● labor

15. Prison Abolition
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis

16. Prison Abolition
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis
How can we connect our discussions about sex
work and trafficking
to the question of
prison abolition?