First strike: Educational enclosures in black Los Angeles

TitleFirst strike: Educational enclosures in black Los Angeles
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsSojoyner, Damien M.
Number of Pages288
PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press
ISBN Number978-0816697557
AbstractCalifornia is a state of immense contradictions. Home to colossal wealth and long portrayed as a bastion of opportunity, it also has one of the largest prison populations in the United States and consistently ranks on the bottom of education indexes. Taking a unique, multifaceted insider’s perspective, First Strike delves into the root causes of its ever-expansive prison system and disastrous educational policy.