"Prisons Make Us Safer" and 20 Other Myths About Mass Incarceration 

Friday April 9 at 7-8:30 p.m. CDT
 
The Progressive and A Room of One's Own bookstore present
 
A book release event with author Victoria Law and her new book 
 
"Prisons Make Us Safer" and 20 Other Myths About Mass Incarceration 
 
Victoria Law will be in conversation with Bill Lueders, editor of The Progressive magazine. After which she will take questions from the audience. 

Read a review of her new book in the latest issue of The Progressive.

On our website, you can also read an interview by Eleanor J. Bader with Victoria Law about the new book.

Victoria Law is a freelance journalist who focuses on the intersections of incarceration, gender and resistance. Her books include Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women, Prison By Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms (co-authored with Maya Schenwar), and the forthcoming (April 2, 2021) “Prisons Make Us Safer” and 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration.
  
Free and open to the public.
Streaming live on Facebook and YouTube Live.
 
Supporters of The Progressive can receive a copy of the book for a donation of $50 or more.