Transnational Carceral Regimes and Punitive Anticommunism: The Creation of the Totalitarian Carceral State in Haiti (1957–1986)

Abstract: This article examines the rise of Haiti's totalitarian carceral state during the twentieth century through the lens of US empire. It takes up an absence in US carceral history by showing how what I call a "transnational carceral network" operated to discipline Haitians as a direct function and expression of US Cold War power to develop what I call punitive anticommunism. It also examines the impact of US and Cold War politics on social control, racial ideology, and racial capitalism in Haiti. Rezime: Papye sa egzamine kouman yon leta kaseral gwo ponyèt ann Ayiti te pran chè pandan ventyèm syèk la sou lobedyans anpi ameriken an. Objektif papye sa a tou se konble yon vid sou istwa kaseral Etazini an mwen rele « yon rezo transnasyonal kaseral » antan m ap montre ki jan sistèm sa a te monte pou displine Ayisyen yo nan itilize yo kòm yon fonksyon dirèk ak espresyon pouvwa Gè fwad la nan lide pou devlope sa mwen rele yon anti kominis pinitif. Atik sa a egzamine enpak politik Etazini ak Gè Fwad la genyen sou kontwòl sosyal, ideyoloji rasyal ak kapitalis rasyal ann Ayiti.