Papers by Alessandro Ford
London School of Economics and Political Science, May 11, 2021
London School of Economics and Political Science, Jul 2, 2020
In Silent Cells: The Secret Drugging of Captive America, Anthony Ryan Hatch explores the use of p... more In Silent Cells: The Secret Drugging of Captive America, Anthony Ryan Hatch explores the use of psychotropic drugs as part of the US carceral state, focusing not only on jails and prisons, but also foster homes, immigrant detention centres, nursing homes and the military. This is a taut and nimble study, writes Alessandro Ford, that allows the silence around this issue to speak volumes.
In Enforcing Freedom: Drug Courts, Therapeutic Communities and the Intimacies of the State, Kerwi... more In Enforcing Freedom: Drug Courts, Therapeutic Communities and the Intimacies of the State, Kerwin Kaye challenges the notion that drug courts are the more effective and humane judicial option to mass incarceration, showing how they uphold a structure of ‘stratified penalisation’ that is significantly intensifying the impact of the ‘war on drugs’ on the racialised poor. Capturing the stark realities [...]
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Papers by Alessandro Ford