Uncovering the Global and Historical Impacts of the Prison Industrial Complex

DR. VIVIANE SALEH-HANNA

Where did this system of domination and control, from the police to the
prisons, come from? How have we gotten to the place of international prison
expansion? Viviane Saleh-Hanna will discuss with us about how we have gotten
to where we are and the impacts of globalization on the international rise
of the prison industrial complex.

Dr. Saleh-Hanna is an activist scholar who has worked with prisoners of the
criminal justice system internationally. Prior to moving to the United
States, she lived in Nigeria and worked with prisoners in Nigeria, Ghana and
the Gambia. Her book Colonial Systems of Control: Criminal Justice in
Nigeria is the first publication on prisons in West Africa. More recently,
her scholarly work has focused on the role music plays in black liberation
struggles and the fight against mass incarceration.

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