WGNO: Video Explores HNOC’s New “Captive State” Book
Available October 1, the book is a companion to HNOC’s award-winning exhibition of the same name that draws historical connections between slavery and mass incarceration.
Watch: WGNO Covers “Captive State” Launch
In this short video, WGNO-TV explores how HNOC’s newly-released book, “Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration,” adapts the narrative of our award-winnning exhibition into a powerful publication. The book is available for purchase now from the Shop at the Collection below.
Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration
softcover • 9" × 11" • 106 pp.
57 color images
ISBN 9780917860942
$19.95
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Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration
Learn how the institutions of slavery and mass incarceration are historically linked, and how these connections have made Louisiana the world leader in incarceration today.
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