Forced Passages: Imprisoned Radical Intellectuals and the U.S. Prison Regime

In Forced Passages, Dylan Rodri guez argues that the cultural production of such imprisoned intellectuals as Mumia Abu-Jamal, Angela Davis, and Leonard Peltier should be understood as a unique social movement. Dylan Rodri guez traces the lineage of radical prison thought since the 1970's, one formed by the logic of state violence and by the endemic racism of the criminal justice system.