Roanoke County Jail, Salem, Virginia “All I can tell you is that our capacity is for 108 men and women, and the jail is holding more than that.”

D

V

Ash

ley

Hu

nt,

wit

h C

riti

cal R

esis

tan

ce, P

roje

ct S

ou

th, S

olu

tio

ns

No

t P

un

ish

men

t C

oal

itio

n (S

NaP

Co)

, an

d S

ou

ther

ner

s o

n N

ew G

rou

nd

(SO

NG

)P

rese

nte

d b

y W

on

der

Ro

ot

and

Pro

fi le

s in

Ab

olit

ion

As

a si

x-ye

ar s

urv

ey o

f th

e vi

sual

po

liti

cs o

f th

e p

riso

n in

du

stri

al c

om

ple

x, D

egre

es o

f V

isib

ilit

y off

ers

a b

od

y o

f p

ho

togr

aph

s th

at s

tud

y th

e la

nd

scap

es in

wh

ich

over

25

0 p

ris-

on

s, ja

ils

and

det

enti

on

cen

ters

sit

, th

rou

gho

ut

each

of

the fi

fty

US

stat

es a

nd

ter

rito

ries

. Ea

ch p

ho

togr

aph

is s

ho

t fr

om

a p

ub

licl

y av

aila

ble

po

int

of

view

, an

d is

tit

led

acc

ord

ing

to t

he

nu

mb

er o

f p

eop

le im

pri

son

ed a

nd

co

nce

aled

wit

hin

th

at v

iew

. Wh

ile

in s

om

e, t

hat

n

um

ber

is d

escr

ibed

in t

he

lan

guag

e o

f th

e sy

stem

itse

lf, i

n o

ther

s, t

he

pri

son

’s la

ngu

age

giv

es w

ay t

o a

his

tory

, a d

ocu

men

t o

r re

cord

th

at off

ers

a d

iff e

ren

t u

nd

erst

and

ing

of

the

spac

e. A

ll s

tati

stic

s w

ere

ob

tain

ed b

etw

een

20

13

an

d 2

01

6.

Th

e p

roje

ct is

a s

tud

y o

f th

e ae

sthe

tic

regi

me

that

go

vern

s to

day

’s p

riso

n in

du

stri

al

com

ple

x, d

ocu

men

tin

g h

ow

his

tory

’s la

rges

t sy

stem

of

civi

l im

pri

son

men

t h

as b

een

en-

able

d t

hro

ugh

its

dis

guis

e w

ith

in e

very

day

lan

dsc

apes

—d

isap

pea

rin

g th

e b

od

ies,

pra

c-ti

ces

and

sys

tem

ic in

equ

alit

ies

it c

on

ceal

s am

on

g va

rio

us

typ

es o

f sp

ace

and

lan

d-u

se.

Rec

ogn

izin

g to

day

’s m

ass

imp

riso

nm

ent

as o

ne

arm

of

a la

rger

sys

tem

of

raci

al, c

lass

an

d g

end

erin

g co

ntr

ols

th

at s

tru

ctu

re t

he

Un

ited

Sta

tes’

hie

rarc

hie

s, s

egre

gati

on

s, p

oli

ti-

cal a

nd

eco

no

mic

rel

atio

ns,

th

e p

roje

ct lo

oks

to

the

spac

es in

wh

ich

we

enco

un

ter

pri

son

s ea

ch d

ay, o

ften

wit

ho

ut

any

sen

se o

f w

hat

we

hav

e o

r h

ave

no

t se

en, o

r w

hat

we

mig

ht

be

par

tici

pat

ing

wit

hin

.

R

ath

er t

han

see

th

is a

s a

coin

cid

ence

of

app

eara

nce

, ho

wev

er, D

egre

es o

f Vis

ibil

ity

stu

die

s th

is a

s a

polit

ics

of a

ppea

ran

ce—

an a

esth

etic

org

aniz

atio

n th

at is

as

inte

gral

to

a m

ass,

ind

ust

rial

-sca

le im

pri

son

men

t as

wal

ls, f

ence

s, w

eap

on

s, la

ws

and

cag

es; r

oo

ted

in

the

pri

son

’s r

acia

l an

d s

ecu

rity

pra

ctic

es a

nd

th

e o

ngo

ing

man

ufa

ctu

re o

f p

oli

tica

l co

n-

sen

t. T

o co

un

ter

this

sys

tem

ic e

rasu

re, t

his

su

rvey

off

ers

a vi

sual

lite

racy

in t

he

syst

em’s

ap

pea

ran

ces,

wh

ile

juxt

apo

sin

g th

em w

ith

the

very

sta

tist

ics,

qu

alit

ies

and

his

tori

es t

hey

at

tem

pt

to c

on

ceal

.

A

s th

e sy

stem

’s c

amofl

auge

off

ers

us

lan

dsc

apes

an

d c

itys

cap

es w

ith

ou

t th

e p

riso

n,

ho

wev

er, t

hei

r im

age

can

also

po

int

us

to a

fut

ure

afte

r th

e pr

ison

—ea

ch im

age

sho

win

g a

diff

ere

nt

spac

e in

wh

ich

we

can

imag

ine

the

cost

s o

f th

e p

riso

n in

du

stri

al c

om

ple

x re

dir

ecte

d, r

ein

vest

ed in

to w

hat

can

tru

ly b

uil

d s

tro

ng

com

mu

nit

ies

and

new

ho

rizo

ns

of

just

ice,

on

es in

wh

ich

pri

son

and

po

lice

no

lon

ger

rest

rict

ou

r p

oli

tica

l im

agin

atio

n.

The

seed

s o

f th

is b

od

y o

f w

ork

wer

e se

wn

du

rin

g m

y re

sear

ch in

to p

riso

n ar

chit

ectu

re

in t

he

earl

y 2

00

0s,

tra

ckin

g th

e ch

ange

s th

at a

cco

mp

anie

d t

od

ay’s

ext

rao

rdin

ary

pri

son

exp

ansi

on

, as

it b

egan

du

rin

g th

e C

ivil

Rig

hts

mo

vem

ent

and

th

e p

eop

le’s

mo

vem

ents

of

the

196

0s

and

70

s. W

hil

e m

ass

inca

rcer

atio

n tr

uly

beg

ins

afte

r Em

anci

pat

ion

, wh

en t

he

po

lici

ng

and

imp

riso

nm

ent

reg

ime

of

tod

ay r

epla

ced

th

e so

cial

an

d p

oli

tica

l co

ntr

ols

th

at

chat

tel s

lave

ry h

ad p

revi

ou

sly

pro

vid

ed, i

t is

in t

he

Post

-War

yea

rs, a

s Ji

m C

row

seg

rega

-ti

on

bre

aks

do

wn

, th

at t

he

syst

em b

egin

s to

mil

itar

ize,

pro

fess

ion

aliz

e an

d m

ult

iply

to

the

glo

bal

ly u

np

rece

den

ted

sca

le w

e se

e to

day

.

A

t th

is s

ame,

a t

wo

-hu

nd

red

yea

r h

isto

ry o

f m

od

ern

pri

son

arch

itec

ture

sh

ifte

d, f

rom

d

esig

ns

that

hig

hli

ght

the

pre

sen

ce o

f th

e p

riso

n to

on

es t

hat

cam

oufl

age

and

dis

app

ear

A

A

:

The exhibition of Degrees of V

isibility will in

clude a series of events, in

cluding an w

eekend of

cultural events an

d workshops, hosted by Project South

, SNaP C

o, SO

NG

and C

ritical Resis-tan

ce.

From

the fo

un

din

g of th

e Un

ited States u

ntil th

e presen

t, the So

uth h

as perp

etuated

a legacy o

f state-d

riven racial and

econ

om

ic op

pressio

n, w

heth

er thro

ugh slavery, co

nvict

leasing

, Jim C

row

laws, o

r imp

rison

men

t. Ho

wever as w

ith abo

lition o

f slavery and

the

mo

vemen

t for civil righ

ts, peo

ple in th

e Sou

th and

in particu

lar Black co

mm

un

ities, have

also been o

n the fro

ntlin

es of resistan

ce, con

tinu

ing th

eir ow

n legacies of stru

ggle.

Thro

ugh th

e bu

ildin

g of resilien

t and

particip

atory co

mm

un

ities, like in Jackson

, M

ississipp

i, or in fi gh

ting state rep

ression

, as in the Free A

labam

a Mo

vemen

t and

oth

er so

uth

ern leadersh

ip in recen

t priso

ner strikes, o

rganizin

g in the So

uth co

ntin

ues to m

ake strid

es tow

ards lib

eration th

at insp

ires allied m

ovem

ents n

ation

ally. A

t Critical R

esistance (C

R), w

e are taking step

s to sup

po

rt natio

nal w

ork o

utsid

e ou

r ch

apter cities, in

clud

ing So

uth

ern mo

vemen

ts for lib

eration

. CR

has h

istorically en

gaged in o

rganizin

g in New

Orlean

s, Atlan

ta, Du

rham

, and

sup

po

rted o

ther So

uth

ern mo

vemen

t b

uild

ing. Th

is year, we are b

uild

ing o

n ou

r histo

ry and

con

nectin

g with A

tlanta area p

art-n

ers wo

rking to get co

ps o

ut o

f scho

ols, d

ecrease arrested an

d jailed

po

pu

lation

s, and

bu

ild co

mm

un

ity based

mo

dels fo

r safety. We’re th

rilled to an

no

un

ce “Atlan

ta for Ab

oli-tion

: Dism

antle th

e Prison Indu

strial Comp

lex” as part o

f Profi les in Ab

olition, a series o

f even

ts inten

ded

to reinvigo

rate critical un

derstan

din

gs of th

e priso

n ind

ustrial co

mp

lex

and

insp

ire us to take p

ractical steps to

ward

a futu

re free of p

olicin

g, im

priso

nm

ent, o

r su

rveillance.

Partn

ering O

rgan

ization

s

Critical R

esistance – C

ritical Resistan

ce seeks to bu

ild an in

ternatio

nal m

ovem

ent to

end

the Priso

n Ind

ustrial C

om

ple

x (PIC) b

y challen

gin

g the b

elief that cag

ing an

d co

n-

trollin

g peo

ple m

akes us safe. W

e believe th

at basic n

ecessities such as fo

od

, shelter, an

d freed

om

are wh

at really make o

ur co

mm

un

ities secure. A

s such

, ou

r wo

rk is part o

f glob

al stru

ggles again

st ineq

uality an

d p

ow

erlessness. Th

e success o

f the m

ovem

ent req

uires

that it refl ect co

mm

un

ities mo

st aff ected b

y the PIC

. Becau

se we seek to ab

olish th

e PIC,

we can

no

t sup

po

rt any w

ork th

at exten

ds its life o

r scop

e. C

ritical Resistan

ce (CR

) is engaged

in con

crete pro

grams, cam

paign

s, and

edu

cation

al eff o

rts to redu

ce the p

ow

er and

reach of th

e priso

n ind

ustrial co

mp

lex w

hile b

uild

ing u

p

com

mu

nity reso

urces to

ward

s add

ressing h

arm an

d acco

un

tability. A

t CR

, we are takin

g step

s to sup

po

rt natio

nal w

ork o

utsid

e ou

r chap

ter cities, inclu

din

g con

tribu

ting to

ward

s So

uth

ern mo

vemen

ts for lib

eration w

ith recogn

ition o

f the cru

cial role th

e Sou

th plays

in fi ghtin

g racial op

pressio

n. C

R h

as histo

rically engaged

in organ

izing in N

ew O

rleans,

Atlan

ta, Du

rham

, and

sup

po

rted o

ther So

uth

ern mo

vemen

t bu

ildin

g. Tow

ards th

at eff ort,

CR

is thrilled

to partn

er with lo

cal organ

ization

s for “A

tlanta fo

r Ab

olitio

n: D

isman

tle the

Prison In

du

strial Co

mp

lex”. Th

is event is o

ff ered as p

art of Pro

fi les in Ab

olitio

n, a series o

f even

ts inten

ded

to reinvigo

rate critical un

derstan

din

gs of th

e priso

n ind

ustrial co

mp

lex

and

insp

ire us to take p

ractical steps to

ward

a futu

re free of p

olicin

g, im

priso

nm

ent, o

r su

rveillance. w

ww

.criticalresistance.o

rg

Pro

ject Sou

th – Project So

uth is a So

uth

ern-b

ased lead

ership

develo

pm

ent o

rganizatio

n th

at creates spaces fo

r mo

vemen

t bu

ildin

g. We w

ork w

ith com

mu

nities p

ush

ed fo

rward

by th

e strug

gle– to stren

gth

en leadersh

ip an

d to p

rovide p

op

ular p

olitical an

d eco

no

mic

edu

cation fo

r perso

nal an

d so

cial transfo

rmatio

n. W

e bu

ild relatio

nsh

ips w

ith organ

iza-tio

ns an

d n

etwo

rks across th

e US an

d glo

bal So

uth to in

form

ou

r local w

ork an

d to en

gage in b

otto

m-u

p m

ovem

ent b

uild

ing fo

r social an

d eco

no

mic ju

stice. Project Sou

th wo

rks on

defu

nd

ing o

f po

lice in scho

ols an

d o

n shu

tting d

ow

n imm

igration d

etentio

n centers as

well as fed

eral imm

igrant-o

nly p

rison

s.” http

://pro

jectsou

th.o

rg/

SNaP

Co

– Solu

tion

s No

t Pun

ishm

ent C

oalitio

nO

rgs missio

n statemen

t: We en

vision a vib

rant, in

clusive A

tlanta th

at ensu

res the safety,

and

ho

listically meets th

e need

s of all th

e city’s stakeho

lders an

d resid

ents. W

e envisio

n an A

tlanta w

here everyo

ne h

as the o

pp

ortu

nity to th

rive and

live as their au

then

tic, wh

ole

selves, with

ou

t facing u

nfair b

arriers, especially fro

m th

e crimin

al justice system

.

The w

ork: SN

aP Co

. is leadin

g the city o

f Atlan

ta in radical refo

rms to p

olicin

g an

d p

rison

s by takin

g con

crete, practical step

s on th

e local level to d

ivest from

cop

s, co

urts, an

d co

rrection

s and

reinvest in th

e resou

rces and

services ou

r com

mu

nities

need

to thrive. In 2

01

5, SN

aP Co

. drafted

, cham

pio

ned

, and

wo

n the im

plem

entatio

n of

a Pre-A

rrest Diversio

n Initiative, creatin

g a radical sh

ift in Atlan

ta’s app

roach to p

ub

lic safety.

A p

re-arrest d

iversion p

rogram

(also kno

wn as p

re-b

oo

king d

iversion) is o

ne

that id

entifi es p

eop

le for w

ho

m p

rob

able cau

se may e

xist for an arrest, an

d red

irects

it, a

s th

e o

bvi

ou

s co

ntr

adic

tio

n b

etw

een

the

era’

s p

rom

ises

of

equ

alit

y an

d it

s h

eigh

t-en

ed r

epre

ssio

n re

qu

ired

new

an

d m

ore

sec

reti

ve s

pac

es. S

imil

arly

, as

this

rep

ress

ion

bre

d r

esis

tan

ce a

nd

iden

tifi

cati

on

wit

h an

ti-c

olo

nia

l rev

olu

tio

ns

aro

un

d t

he

wo

rld

, an

arch

itec

ture

of

invi

sib

ilit

y w

ou

ld a

lso

serv

e th

e st

ate’

s gr

ow

ing

nee

d f

or

arch

itec

ture

s o

f co

un

ter-

insu

rgen

cy, w

her

e d

isap

pea

ran

ce b

ecam

e o

ne

mo

re p

iece

of

tech

no

log

y w

ith

in

the

pri

son

’s s

ecu

rity

ars

enal

.

T

his

was

em

ob

idie

d e

spec

iall

y b

y th

e 19

90

exp

ansi

on

of

the

Mar

in C

ou

nty

Jai

l, w

hic

h in

ord

er t

o av

oid

pu

bli

c co

ntr

ove

rsy,

was

“b

uri

ed,”

su

rro

un

ded

by

an a

rtifi

cia

l hil

l; th

e p

arts

of

AD

X F

lore

nce

wh

ich

, in

Co

lora

do

, are

act

ual

ly b

uil

t u

nd

ergr

ou

nd

; th

e ge

ner

al e

ra-

sure

of

sign

ifi e

rs o

f p

un

ish

men

t so

th

at a

jail

wil

l lo

ok

like

a n

eutr

al offi

ce

bu

ild

ing

; or

the

Lexi

ng

ton

-Fay

ette

Urb

an C

ou

nty

Det

enti

on

Cen

ter

in K

entu

cky,

wh

ose

19

99

rec

on

stru

c-ti

on

is d

esig

ned

to

rese

mb

le t

he

surr

ou

nd

ing

raci

ng

ho

rse

bar

ns.

Des

pit

e th

ese

chan

ges,

th

e se

curi

ty f

un

dam

enta

ls o

f p

riso

n ar

chit

ectu

re r

emai

n ro

ote

d in

th

e m

ilit

ary

fort

ifi c

atio

n o

f ca

stle

s an

d f

ort

ress

es t

hat

pre

ced

ed t

he

mo

der

n er

a —

slo

t w

ind

ow

s an

d c

urt

ain

wal

ls, r

amp

arts

—b

ut

inst

ead

of

keep

ing

thin

gs o

ut

they

are

de

-si

gned

to

keep

th

em in

. Th

is c

on

nec

tio

n su

gge

sts

that

th

e p

riso

n is

, at

its

roo

t, d

edic

ated

to

a c

on

tin

ual

fo

rm o

f w

arfa

re a

gain

st t

ho

se c

on

sid

ered

“en

emie

s” a

nd

“o

uts

ider

s.”

This

h

isto

ry t

ells

us

mu

ch m

ore

ab

ou

t th

e n

atu

re o

f th

e p

riso

n in

du

stri

al c

om

ple

x th

an m

oti

va-

tio

ns

tow

ard

ove

rt p

rofi

t re

pre

sen

ted

by

pri

son

lab

or

or

for-

profi

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