In City of Inmates, Kelly Lytle-Hernández argues, “Mass incarceration is mass elimination”

(1). Over the course of over 200 years, she tracks how the development of penal institutions and policing orthodoxies on the land that would become Los Angeles provide evidence to this idea.

For this reflection, you are required to expand on Lytle-Hernández’s introductory remark by identifying, in your own words, what her key argument is.

In other words, what is the idea that binds each of the chapters of the book together? You must identify two-to-three pieces of evidence that support your contention.

Students will be graded on the following: The writer has identified the author’s key argument in their own words;

The writer has included a definition of “settler colonialism” in their own words;

The writer has drawn two-to-three examples from the text to defend their interpretation of the author’s key argument;

The writer has proofread their piece and made minimal spelling and grammatical errors;

The writer has met the 450-to-550 word requirement;

The writer has properly cited all material using a uniform style guide (i.e. MLA, Chicago, AP, APA, etc.).