How long does it take to read Are Prisons Obsolete??
Angela Y. Davis, Aurora Ballester
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis, Aurora Ballester takes about 3 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2003. 165 pages, about 45,375 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
>Amid rising public concern about the proliferation and privatization of prisons, and their promise of enormous profits, world-renowned author and activist Angela Y. Davis argues for the abolition of the prison system as the dominant way of responding to America's social ills. - publisher (allegedly)
Subjects: Alternatives to imprisonment, Prisons, Human Rights, Criminal Law, Strafvollzug, Social Policy
