29 Quotes About Prison-industrial-complex

  • Author Jackie Wang
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    In April 2014 a settlement agreement was reached in court, and Detroit had to pay $85 million to USB AG and Bank of America Corporation to terminate the swaps. The use of variable-rate instruments, such as swaps, to finance debt was the single "biggest contributing factor to the increase in Detroit's legacy expenses." (pg. 169)

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  • Author Jackie Wang
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    This evolution in the social function of the state from provider of social services to provider of security also represented an evolution in how racialized populations in the United States would be manged. The project of dismantling the welfare state gained legitimacy through the association of social entitlements with blackness.

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