1- What are your thoughts on Irwin's idea that the jail's actual purpose (versus its legally stated one) is to manage the "rabble"? How does it help us better understand Michelle Alexander's argument about mass incarceration as the New Jim Crow?
2- Pick one of the readings for this week and discuss how it expands on
a. Alexander's idea of the justice system as part of the U.S. racial caste system and
b. Irwin's depiction of how justice actors (cops or correctional officers) deal with citizens who they see as "rabble"?