[LAF] [Fwd: [NMPMembers] queer/trans/feminist prison abolition resources]

[Echo of Freedom]

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Hey folks,

In case you are interested, below are the links for a 40-page resource
package on:

THE QUEER, FEMINIST & TRANS POLITICS OF PRISON ABOLITION

It is UK-focussed, but should be of relevance in broader contexts as
well.  Feel free to pass along to anyone who is interested and feedback
is welcome.

Full Version (10.46 MB):
http://www.mediafire.com/?a8kh1ullztg
<http://www.mediafire.com/?a8kh1ullztg>

Compressed Version (1.92 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?spducjbhkqp
<http://www.mediafire.com/?spducjbhkqp>

[Note that both links have the same content, but the compressed version
has reduced-quality images, which means it's a smaller document but
won't be as high quality for printing.]

QUEER, FEMINIST & TRANS POLITICS OF PRISON ABOLITION
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction: Making Links and Building Solidarity..... 3
A Note on Terms..... 4
Getting the Facts: A Preliminary Note on Public (Mis)information..... 5
The Growing Crisis of Mass Incarceration: UK Prison System Overview..... 6
Putting Things in Perspective: A Brief History of Modern Punishment..... 10
Criminalizing Social Exclusion: Who is really in UK prisons?..... 11
Profile of Criminalized Women..... 14
Social Costs of Incarceration for Women..... 15
The Criminalization / Punishment of Queer, Trans & Gender-variant
persons..... 16
The Impact of the “War on Terror” on Queer & Trans Communities..... 18
Locked Out of Entry, Locked into Prison: UK Immigration Detention..... 20
Psychiatric Imprisonment ..... 21
Failures in the Youth Justice System: Why Getting Tough Doesn’t Work..... 22
Transgender Youth and the Prison Industrial Complex: Disrupt the
Flow..... 23
The Violence of Cages: Assault, Abuse and Deaths in Custody..... 24
Profiting from Harm: Prison Privatization & the Prison Industrial
Complex..... 26
Ten Reasons to Abolish Prisons..... 28
Alternatives to Prisons..... 30
Frequently Asked Questions on Prison Abolition..... 32
Building Safe Communities: Abolition in Practice..... 34
Critical Resistance & INCITE: Gender Violence & Prison Industrial
Complex..... 35
Principles of Prisoners Justice Activism..... 38
Prisoners Justice Activism: Ten Things You Can Do Today..... 39
Additional Resources..... 40

For more info:  SLAMBLE.81 at gmail.com <mailto:SLAMBLE.81 at gmail.com>