Acriticalexaminationofhowcontemporarycriminaljusticereformsexpandratherthanshrinkstructurallyviolentsystemsofpolicing,surveillance,andcarceralcontrolintheUnitedStates.Publicoppositiontothestructuralracist,gendered,andeconomicviolencethatfuelsthecriminallegalsystemisreachingacriticalmass.Ignitedbypopularuprisings,protests,andcampaignsagainststateviolence,demandsfortransformationalchangehaveescalated.Inresponse,anowdeeplyentrenchedso-calledbipartisanindustryhasstakeditsclaimtothereformterrain.Representingitselfasasensiblebridgeacrossbitterlypolarizedpoliticaldividesandpartylines,thebipartisanreformindustryhassoughttocontrolthenatureandscopeoflocal,state,andfederalreforms.Alongtheway,itcreatesanexpandingwebofneoliberalpublic-privatepartnerships,withthepromotionandimplementationofeffortsmanagedbybillionaires,publicofficials,policyfactories,foundations,universities,andmeganonprofitorganizations.Yetmanybipartisanreformsconstitutedeceptivesleightsofhandthatnotonlyfailtoproducejusticebutactivelyreproducestructuralracialandeconomicinequality.CarceralConpullstheveilawayfromthereformpublicrelationsmachine,providingarivetingoverviewoftherepressiveUScarceralstateandacriticalexaminationofthereformterrain,quagmires,andchoicesthatfaceus.Thisbookvividlyillustrateshowcontemporarybipartisanreformagendasleavethestructuralapparatusofmassincarcerationintactwhilewideningthenetofcarceralcontrolandsurveillance.Readersarealsoprovidedwithinformationandinsightsusefulforexaminingthelikelyimpactsofreformstodayandinthefuture.Whatcanwelearnfromreformsofthepast?Whatstrategiesholdmostpromisefordismantlingstructuralinequalities,corporatecontrol,andstateviolence?Whatapproacheswillreducerelianceoncarceralcontrolandalsobringaboutcommunitysafety?Utilizinganabolitionistlens,CarceralConmakesthecompellingcaseforliberatoryapproachestoenvisioningandcreatingajustsociety.
