Work and the Carceral State

by Jon Burnett

During 2019-20 in England and Wales, over 17 million hours of labor were carried out by more than 12,500 people incarcerated in prisons, while many people in immigration detention centers were also put to work. These people constitute a sub-waged, captive workforce who are frequently discarded by the state when done with. Work and the Carceral State examines these forms of work as part of a broader exploration of the relationship between criminalization,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745340172
• ISBN13: 9780745340173
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"