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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