Author: fondashen
Mayaki Kimba | Reflections on Abolition Democracy 7/13: The Punitive Society after the January 6th Insurrection
By Mayaki Kimba Abolition Democracy 7/13 took place one day after a mob attacked the United States Capitol. Insurrectionists broke into the office of the Speaker of the House. They sat on the chair of the President of the Senate—a… Continue Reading
Hedwig Lieback | Who speaks? The Effect of the Death Penalty on Family Members of both Victims and the Accused
By Hedwig Lieback The reasons most frequently provided for justifying the continuing use of the death penalty and Life in Prison Without Parole (LWOP) in the United States include “deterrence, cost effectiveness, incapacitation, and retribution” (Armour and Umbreit 2012, 15).… Continue Reading
Rowena Kosher, Julia Udell, and Bella Radosti | We’re Still Here: Prisons, a Pandemic, and the Pursuit of Education
Justice-in-Education Program Special Issue: COVID-19 auto-ethnographies of incarceration
Brian Asey | Letter from a Documentary Filmmaker In San Quentin
By Brian Asey Me myself, being a documentary filmmaker who is incarcerated, things can be challenging because of the things we can and cannot film or talk about while using state equipment. To tell a true authentic story of inside… Continue Reading