No More Prisons Author:William Upski Wimsatt The prison industry has quadrupled in the last 20 years, and a record 2 million people are now locked behind bars. America's fastest growing habitats are the prisons and gated communities that thrive in this climate of fear. What does this say about us? What can those who don't yet live behind bars do? Is there hope? Hell, yeah! NO MORE PRISONS ... more »delivers stories, strategies, suggestions, straight talk and conversations with such maverick thinkers as Rha Goddess, hip-hop artist and activist; Tracy Hewat, community organizer for the young and wealthy; Myron Orfield, a state legislator from Minnesota who is uniting cities and suburbs against suburban sprawl and inequality; and Asiba Tupahache, a former teacher who doesn't send her kids to school.« less