{"product_id":"prisons-must-fall-9798888904411","title":"Prisons Must Fall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Mariame Kaba, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-bestselling author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Do This 'Til We Free Us\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eand social worker Jane Ball comes a powerful book showing the harm that prisons cause and exploring alternatives, gorgeously illustrated by Olly Costello.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrisons, they do no good.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey do not help. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey do not teach.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eOn a moonlit road, tucked away from prying eyes, a child sees a prison complex--cinder blocks, watch towers, barbed wire. Page by page, we come to see the prison as a child sees it. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Prisons hurt people and leave them lonely, without loved ones to comfort them or lend a listening ear.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As dandelion stars float up in the air, this dreamscape becomes a hope-scape, where love transcends the prison walls. All the families and friends of the people in the prison march and protest in beautiful song, march together to a new way and a new dawn--in this case a cooperative housing and community center, next to a neighborhood greenhouse for restoration and healing. A new world, where connection and repair are fundamental, and even tangible, as people around a table quilt messages, \"I hear you. I'm sorry for what I did. How can I make it better?\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003cem\u003ePrisons Must Fall, \u003c\/em\u003e Mariame Kaba, a longtime activist, together with co-author Jane Ball, present solutions that do not involve incarceration, such as meeting people's basic needs, restorative justice, and community support--seeds for a safe world. Illustrator Olly Costello provides textured images of a global majority community and a grey, monotone backdrop that is overtaken by joyful colors. A gentle but effective addition to all social justice bookshelves and libraries. Discussion questions included.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eParents, teachers, and librarians looking for books on the prison industrial complex and prison reform\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eKids who are interested in fairness and social justice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReaders who love exceptional and sophisticated illustration\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariame Kaba, Jane Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 10.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888904411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2025 pg. 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBall, Jane:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJane Ball is a social worker, artist, parent, children's yoga instructor, and creative collaborator. She spent the early years of her career assisting survivors of domestic violence and their children, in navigating systems that did not serve them. She has worked in multiple communities to organize youth, engage in creative resistance, counsel folks in crisis, and advocate for children with disabilities. Jane regularly uses art and movement as mediums to engage in self-reflection and explore challenging questions, with young people. This work has inspired her to explore a multitude of possibilities, what-ifs, opportunities, and alternatives to the many inequitable and destructive systems folks will encounter during their lifetime. She remains hopeful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCostello, Olly:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOlly Costello\u003c\/strong\u003e is a white queer illustrator, PIC abolitionist, food growing enthusiast and community seed saver, who is committed to participating in the creative, collective work of building a liberated and flourishing future for all of us. Through their artistic and community based practices they explore themes of interconnectedness, spiritual ecology, emergence, accountability, community building, Prison Industrial Complex Abolition, Transformative Justice and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaba, Mariame:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMariame Kaba is an organizer, educator, librarian, and prison industrial complex (PIC) abolitionist who is active in movements for racial, gender, and transformative justice. Kaba is the founder and director of Project NIA, a grassroots abolitionist organization with a vision to end youth incarceration. Mariame co-leads the initiative Interrupting Criminalization, a project she co-founded with Andrea Ritchie in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44117678489645,"sku":"9798888904411","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_e5740d7d-d3f5-445c-90ac-5fe448dcb1b4.jpg?v=1756155371","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/prisons-must-fall-9798888904411","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}