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New Prison Proliferation map by Rose Heyer

Our long-time GIS Analyst, Rose Heyer, has a two-page color map, "The American Archipelago: U.S. Prison Proliferation 1900-2004 published in a new book Warfare in the American Homeland edited by Joy James. The new map updates her earlier map, U.S. Prison Proliferation 1900-2000.

by Peter Wagner, July 16, 2007

book thumbnailOur long-time GIS Analyst, Rose Heyer, has a two-page color map, “The American Archipelago: U.S. Prison Proliferation 1900-2004 published in a new book Warfare in the American Homeland edited by Joy James. The new map updates her earlier map, U.S. Prison Proliferation 1900-2000.

Related briefings:

  1. Prison Proliferation map is the Monday Map at Change.org +
  2. Paul Rucker piece profiled +
  3. Paul Rucker awarded grant to make more art about the parallels between slavery and mass incarceration. +

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