WEDNESDAY, 3/11 @ 7PM
Seattle Central Community College, Room 4115
A New City Jail in Seattle? Socialists Say NO WAY!
Join the I-100 Campaign!
The City of Seattle wants to build a new municipal jail that will cost $220 million to build and will drain much-needed money from social services that keep people out of jails (see attached fact sheet). Join the ISO for a discussion about the goals and strategies of the Initiative 100 Campaign to oppose the jail. Also, find out what socialist have to say about the the criminal "justice" system, crime and punishment under capitalism, and what these would look like in a society where everyone's needs are met.
READINGS ON THE TOPIC OF PRISONS
The Dog Eats Its Tail: Oversized Classes, Overpopulated Prisons by JESSE HAGOPIAN
The policy that keeps on failing-- MARLENE MARTIN, national director of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty, looks at a study that exposes the consequences of the politicians' "tough on crime" hysteria.
Racism: Apartheid in the United States ISR Editorial
Throwing away the Key: The world's leading jailer By JOAN PARKIN
A victim of Georgia justice
Ruining young lives for profit
A prisoner's tale of abuse
