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76 lines
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abstract: 'In this study, I analyze the experiences of people leaving prison and
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jail, using the concept of urban neoliberal debt peonage. I define urban
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neoliberal debt peonage as the push of race-class subjugated (RCS)
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formerly incarcerated people into the low-wage labor market. I argue
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that urban neoliberal debt peonage is a social process of economic
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extraction from and racial control of RCS groups structured by state
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bureaucracies and corporate employers. I provide evidence for this
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argument using participant observation and interview methods in a large
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northeastern U.S. city at an employment-oriented prisoner reentry
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organization that I call ``Afterward.{''''} People came to Afterward
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seeking employment, but were forwarded to work that was often unstable
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and unable to support subsistence living. Unstable low-wage work did not
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alter people''s social and economic situations enough to preclude them
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from engaging in income-producing criminal activity that comes with the
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risk of reincarceration. Meanwhile, the criminal justice system
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extracted money from the formerly incarcerated via debt collection, and
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corporate employers benefited from neoliberal policies that give them
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tax breaks for hiring Afterward clients. While not identical, the social
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process of urban neoliberal debt peonage echoes that of post-Civil War
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debt peonage and convict leasing.'
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affiliation: 'Prior, FB (Corresponding Author), Assumption Coll, 213 Kennedy Mem Hall,500
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Salisbury St, Worcester, MA 01609 USA.
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Prior, Francis B., Assumption Coll, 213 Kennedy Mem Hall,500 Salisbury St, Worcester,
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MA 01609 USA.'
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author: Prior, Francis B.
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author-email: Fb.prior@assumption.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Prior
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given: Francis B.
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1177/2329496521991578
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eissn: 2329-4973
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files: []
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issn: 2329-4965
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journal: SOCIAL CURRENTS
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keywords: 'crime; law; and deviance; inequality; poverty and mobility; racial and
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ethnic minorities; Marxist sociology; labor and labor movements'
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keywords-plus: RACE; INCARCERATION; INEQUALITY; JUSTICE; STATE
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language: English
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month: OCT
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number: '5'
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number-of-cited-references: '45'
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pages: 446-462
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papis_id: 6a5145f3755cc2bf92a5090fc8c105cc
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ref: Prior2021urbanneoliberal
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times-cited: '1'
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title: 'Urban Neoliberal Debt Peonage: Prisoner Reentry, Work, and the New Jim Crow'
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000693327900003
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '2'
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volume: '8'
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web-of-science-categories: Sociology
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year: '2021'
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