R. Joshua Scannell, "The Carceral Surround" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)
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R. Joshua Scannell, "The Carceral Surround" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 12, 202636 min

As law enforcement agencies deploy increasingly advanced technologies to suppress dissent, hunt migrants, and target marginalized communities, The Carceral Surround (U Minnesota Press, 2026) offers a powerful new theory of police and prison power in the digital age. Making sense of the rapid expansion of digital carceral infrastructure in a nation that claims to value freedom and individual rights, R. Joshua Scannell moves beyond familiar debates over privacy to show that understanding digital policing requires confronting the political and racial logics that sustain police power. Drawing on digital media theory, science and technology studies, critical race and ethnic studies, and c...

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Welcome to the new Books Network. Welcome to the New Books Network. I'm Stephen Pimpare, your host, and we are joined today by our Joshua Scannell, who is the author of The Carceral Surround from the University of Minnesota Press. Josh, welcome. Thank you for joining us today.

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