Carceral Utopia: A Global History of Model Prisons with Gregory Salle (Polity, 2026)New Books in SociologyWhat underpins the legitimacy of the prison system in the twenty-first century? Despite numerous challenges and setbacks, there is still a widespread belief that prisons can be improved in a socially ...15 days agoCarceral Utopia: A Global History of Model Prisons with Gregory Salle (Polity, 2026)New Books in Sociology0:00 / 0:00Read the original at newbooksnetwork.comUse this feed in your RSS readerCopy the publisher’s public feed URL, or build an OPML reading list for another reader.Copy RSS URL Open RSS feed · Find feeds & export OPMLKeep up with this sourceFollow this sourceKeep this source in your dashboard and return to its latest articles. Email alerts are managed separately in Settings.FetchFeeds groups articles by feed so you can follow sources, compare coverage, and save stories for later.Back to all articles from New Books in SociologyMore from this feedChoose another story from New Books in Sociology.Inquisition for Blood: The Making of a Black Female Serial Killer in the Jim Crow South with Lauren Nicole Henley (LSU Press, 2026)Hit Doctors: Care, Harm, and the Art of Survival with Sarah Brothers (U California Press, 2026)Predicted: How AI Is Restructuring Social Life with Mona Sloane (U California Press, 2026)Multiracial Mandarin: Asian Americans and Impossible Language with David Shuang Song (U of Minnesota Press, 2026)Queer Resistance: Contesting State, Family, and Inequality in Post-Socialist China with Susanne Yuk-Ping Choi (U California Press, 2026)Reimagining Foreign Aid in a Changing Global Order with Mary-Collier Wilks (Stanford UP, 2026)Shared Sacred Sites in South Asia: Negotiating Coexistence and Belonging with Christophe Jaffrelot (Hurst, 2026)How Girls Achieve