ISBN: 9798887440545 - a people’s guide to abolition and disability justice (2 Ergebnisse)

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Disability justice and prison abolition are two increasinglypopular theories that overlap but whose intersection has rarely beenexplored in depth. A People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice explainsthe history and theories behind abolition and disability justice in away that is easy to understand for those new to these concepts yet alsogives insights that will be useful to seasoned activists. The book usesextensive research and professional and lived experience to illuminatethe way the State uses disability and its power to disable toincarcerate multiply marginalized disabled people, especially those whoare queer, trans, Black, or Indigenous.Because disabled people are much more likely than nondisabled peopletobe locked up in prisons, jails, and other sites of incarcerationabolitionists, and others critical of carceral systems must incorporate adisability justice perspective into our work. A People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice givespersonal and policy examples of how and why disabled people aredisproportionately caught up in the carceral net, and how we can usethis information to work toward prison and police abolition moreeffectively. This book includes practical tools and strategies that willbe useful for anyone who cares about disability justice or abolitionand explains why we can't have one without the other.…