{"product_id":"prisons-must-fall-by-mariame-kaba-9798888904411","title":"Prisons Must Fall","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Mariame Kaba, New York Times-bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eWe Do This 'Til We Free Us\u003c\/em\u003e, and social worker Jane Ball comes a powerful book showing the harm that prisons cause and exploring alternatives, gorgeously illustrated by Olly Costello.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrisons, they do no good. They do not help. They do not teach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn a moonlit road, tucked away from prying eyes, a child sees a prison complex—cinder blocks, watch towers, barbed wire. Page by page, we come to see the prison as a child sees it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrisons hurt people and leave them lonely, without loved ones to comfort them or lend a listening ear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs dandelion stars float up in the air, this dreamscape becomes a hope-scape, where love transcends the prison walls. All the families and friends of the people in the prison march and protest in beautiful song, march together to a new way and a new dawn—in this case, a cooperative housing and community centre, next to a neighbourhood greenhouse for restoration and healing. A new world, where connection and repair are fundamental, and even tangible, as people around a table quilt messages, \"I hear you. I'm sorry for what I did. How can I make it better?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMariame Kaba, a longtime activist, together with co-author Jane Ball, present solutions that do not involve incarceration, such as meeting people's basic needs, restorative justice, and community support—seeds for a safe world. Illustrator Olly Costello provides textured images of a global majority community and a grey, monotone backdrop that is overtaken by joyful colours. A gentle but effective addition to all social justice bookshelves and libraries. Discussion questions included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eParents, teachers, and librarians looking for books on the prison industrial complex and prison reform\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eKids who are interested in fairness and social justice\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eReaders who love exceptional and sophisticated illustration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432023638252,"sku":"9798888904411","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9798888904411.jpg?v=1774556940","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/prisons-must-fall-by-mariame-kaba-9798888904411","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}