{"product_id":"prisons-must-fall-9798888904411","title":"Prisons Must Fall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Mariame Kaba, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-bestselling author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Do This ‘Til We Free Us\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eand social worker Jane Ball comes a powerful book showing the harm that prisons cause and exploring alternatives, gorgeously illustrated by Olly Costello.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrisons, they do no good.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey do not help. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey do not teach.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/em\u003eOn a moonlit road, tucked away from prying eyes, a child sees a prison complex—cinder blocks, watch towers, barbed wire. Page by page, we come to see the prison as a child sees it. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPrisons hurt people and leave them lonely, without loved ones to comfort them or lend a listening ear.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAs dandelion stars float up in the air, this dreamscape becomes a hope-scape, where love transcends the prison walls. All the families and friends of the people in the prison march and protest in beautiful song, march together to a new way and a new dawn—in this case a cooperative housing and community center, next to a neighborhood greenhouse for restoration and healing. A new world, where connection and repair are fundamental, and even tangible, as people around a table quilt messages, “I hear you. I’m sorry for what I did. How can I make it better?”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn \u003cem\u003ePrisons Must Fall,\u003c\/em\u003e Mariame Kaba, a longtime activist, together with co-author Jane Ball, present solutions that do not involve incarceration, such as meeting people’s basic needs, restorative justice, and community support—seeds for a safe world. Illustrator Olly Costello provides textured images of a global majority community and a grey, monotone backdrop that is overtaken by joyful colors. A gentle but effective addition to all social justice bookshelves and libraries. Discussion questions included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParents, teachers, and librarians looking for books on the prison industrial complex and prison reform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKids who are interested in fairness and social justice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReaders who love exceptional and sophisticated illustration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mariame Kaba","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48268412879099,"sku":"9798888904411","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_302f15ab-3d29-4d92-9802-7efd81c34216.jpg?v=1778979166","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/prisons-must-fall-9798888904411","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}