Periagoge
Course

The Examined Mass incarceration — causes and critique: Incarceration is not inevitable or natural—it's chosen, justified, and perpetuated by systems you can understand and question. Examine mass incarceration critically to recognize where human choices created this reality and where they might reshape it.

Discover how human choices created mass incarceration—and how critical thinking can reshape this system you've accepted as inevitable.

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Concepts in this course
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Colonial Legacy and Carceral Continuity
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Confinement and the Death of Intellectual Life
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Gendered Pathways to Incarceration
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Institutional Authority and Epistemic Violence
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Intellectual Suppression as Social Control
AI prompts in this course
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The Mass incarceration — causes and critique Question You're Avoiding
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The Moment Mass incarceration — causes and critique Changed for You
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What Would Change if You Got Mass incarceration — causes and critique Right?
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What Would You Tell Someone Just Starting with Mass incarceration — causes and critique?
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What Do You Actually Want with Mass incarceration — causes and critique?
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Juana
Identity & Justice
Juana guides you through this course personally — adapting to your situation, not a script.