James Kilgore

James Kilgore is an activist, researcher, and writer based in Urbana, Illinois, where he has lived since paroling from prison in 2009. He is the director of the Challenging E-Carceration project at MediaJustice and the co-director of FirstFollowers Reentry Program in Champaign, Illinois. He is the author of five books, including Understanding E-Carceration and the award-winning Understanding Mass Incarceration (both from The New Press).

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Haymarket Books

Watch a video of author James Kilgore discussing Understanding E-Carceration with Ruth Wilson Gilmore in an event hosted by Harmarket Books.

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Ava DuVernay’s 13th Features New Press Authors

We are very proud that Ava DuVernay’s Academy Award–nominated documentary 13th features six New Press authors and their books—Miche

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The Daily Beast

Sarah Shourd cites Kilgore's work in an article about technological alternatives to incarceration in post-prison America.

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Books by James Kilgore

Understanding E-Carceration

Understanding E-Carceration

Electronic Monitoring, the Surveillance State, and the Future of Mass Incarceration

James Kilgore
Understanding Mass Incarceration

Understanding Mass Incarceration

A People’s Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time

James Kilgore