I originally put this together for my students.

On Solitary Confinement:

Solitary in Iran Nearly Broke Me. Then I Went Inside America’s Prisons. by Shane Bauer

Subjects Without a World: A Husserlian Analysis of Solitary Confinement, by Lisa Guenther

The Inhumane Conditions of Bradley Manning’s Detention, by Glenn Greenwald

On the Cost of Prisons and Prison Labor:

The Bottom One Percent, by David Henderson

The Price of Prisons, by the Vera Institute for Justice

Too Many Laws, Too Many Prisoners, by Mark Kleiman

Five Myths about Prison Growth, Dispelled, by John Pfaff

Race and Prisons:

From Slavery to Mass Incarceration, by Loic Wacquant The Challenge of Prison Abolition, Angela Davis and Dylan Rodriguez Slavery by Another Name

Stop and Frisk:

NYPD’s Stop and Frisk Practice: Unfair and Unjust Stop and Frisk: The Human Impact Broken Windows, by James Q. Wilson and George Kelling

Parole and Probation:

I currently lack good articles on parole and probation. Any suggestions?

Agamben and related matters:

What is a Camp? by Giorgio Agamben Homo Sacre Life and Law, by Jonathan Short

Nothing Exceptional: Against Agamben, by Steve Colatrella

Some other stuff:

No Minor Matter: Children in Maryland’s Jails Books Not Bars Out of the Ashes: The Rise of the Bard Prison Initiative Education as Crime Prevention Cradle to Prison Pipeline