HomeFest: HNOC Captive State Book Tour

Join us at the Community Book Center to celebrate the book launch with editor Nick Weldon and "Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration" exhibition advisors Anthony Hingle Jr. (Voice of the Experienced), Montrell Carmouche (Operation Restoration), and Katie Hunter-Lowrey (organizer with Justice for Survivors coalition). HNOC will also host a book table and lounge area on the second day of the festival, Saturday, October 18, on Bayou Road between N. Rocheblave St. and N. Broad St. This event is free and open to the public. Learn more on the HomeFest website. Community Book Center 2523 Bayou Road, New Orleans Free and open to the public About the book: For decades, Louisiana has had the highest incarceration rate in the United States. If it were a country, it would have the second-highest incarceration rate in the world. Far from a modern phenomenon, this distinction is rooted in more than three centuries of history—roots that extend out from the principal city of New Orleans, once the epicenter of the American slave trade. In its examination of the state’s long march toward confining more of its citizens than almost anywhere on earth, "Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration" arrives at an irrefutable truth: that the institutions of slavery and mass incarceration are historically linked. Adapted from the groundbreaking exhibition of the same name, Captive State traces the evolution of laws and customs that created this carceral system and that, by design, have disproportionately harmed Black Louisianians. Captive State accentuates this narrative with profiles of people impacted by these systems, spotlights on key historical objects, and insightful data visualizations. As the human and financial costs continue to mount, this book details the choices that led us here—and asks whether Louisiana is fated to remain captive to its history. Book available for purchase at the event, in the museum shop or on https://shophnoc.com/products/captive-state-louisiana-and-the-making-of-mass-incarceration

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