Antiprison

Quick meaning: Antiprison is an adjective meaning (sociology) Opposing prisons.

Meaning

(sociology) Opposing prisons.

Example Sentences

During my own career as an antiprison activist I have seen the population of U.S. prisons increase with such rapidity that many people in black, Latino, and Native American communities now have a far greater chance of going to prison than of getting a decent education. When many young people decide to join the military service in order to avoid the inevitability of a stint in prison, it should cause us to wonder whether we should not try to introduce better alternatives.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include antipatriarchy, antipatriarchal, antitradition, antipluralistic, antipluralist, antisystem.

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