The prison gate opens, but the government may continue directing the ordinary choices that define a life Day 41 of 43 in The Punishment Machine The person wakes in his own bed. There is a difference between being outside prison and being ordinary. A person can sleep in his own bed and still organize the…
Series: The Punishment Machine
This is a 43-post series built around 30 main articles.
A new feature will appear Monday through Friday.
Each Saturday, the week’s articles will be brought together in a review showing how they connect.
Each Sunday, the next stage of the argument will be introduced.
Week 6 in Review: Reentry, Surveillance, and the Closing Argument
The punishment machine can create the instability it later uses to justify more punishment Day 42 of 43 in The Punishment Machine This week the prison gate finally opened. Then the person discovered that release is not a single event. It is a series of practical tests: pay what is owed, find an approved address,…
The Punishment Machine: From Six-Week Series to Book
The series ends here. The argument does not. Day 43 of 43 in The Punishment Machine For six weeks, we have looked at punishment before the sentence, inside it, around it, after it, and long after most of the people who imposed it have gone on to the next case. The prison gate was never…
