{"product_id":"a-peoples-guide-to-abolition-and-disability-justice-9798887440545","title":"A People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisability justice and prison abolition are two increasingly \u003cbr\u003epopular theories that overlap but whose intersection has rarely been \u003cbr\u003eexplored in depth. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice \u003c\/em\u003eexplains\u003cbr\u003e the history and theories behind abolition and disability justice in a \u003cbr\u003eway that is easy to understand for those new to these concepts yet also \u003cbr\u003egives insights that will be useful to seasoned activists. The book uses \u003cbr\u003eextensive research and professional and lived experience to illuminate \u003cbr\u003ethe way the State uses disability and its power to disable to \u003cbr\u003eincarcerate multiply marginalized disabled people, especially those who \u003cbr\u003eare queer, trans, Black, or Indigenous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause disabled people are much more likely than nondisabled people to\u003cbr\u003e be locked up in prisons, jails, and other sites of incarceration, \u003cbr\u003eabolitionists, and others critical of carceral systems must incorporate a\u003cbr\u003e disability justice perspective into our work. \u003cem\u003eA People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice \u003c\/em\u003egives\u003cbr\u003e personal and policy examples of how and why disabled people are \u003cbr\u003edisproportionately caught up in the carceral net, and how we can use \u003cbr\u003ethis information to work toward prison and police abolition more \u003cbr\u003eeffectively. This book includes practical tools and strategies that will\u003cbr\u003e be useful for anyone who cares about disability justice or abolition \u003cbr\u003eand explains why we can't have one without the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katie Tastrom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798887440545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTastrom, Katie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eKatie Tastrom\u003c\/strong\u003e is a disability justice activist and \u003cbr\u003ewriter who has worked as a lawyer, social worker, and sex worker. Her \u003cbr\u003ework has appeared in the anthologies \u003cem\u003eBurn It Down: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eNourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest, and Mutual Aid\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as all over the internet including: \u003cem\u003eTruthout\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRewire\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRooted in Rights\u003c\/em\u003e. She resides in Syracuse, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43254372466803,"sku":"9.79889E+12","price":33.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_11f9d388-141c-4e6a-a4c8-7b8b04a46a12.jpg?v=1754565048","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-peoples-guide-to-abolition-and-disability-justice-9798887440545","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}