Ep. 118 | Incarceration Nations & Prison By Any Other Name

In this week’s episode, Kendra and Jaclyn discuss Incarceration Nations and A Prison By Any Other Name.
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Books Mentioned

Prison By Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms by Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law

Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World by Baz Dreisinger

Further Reading

Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa


After Story by Larissa Behrendt

Angela Y. Davis body of work (including Freedom Is a Constant Struggle, Are Prisons Obsolete?) 


The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood

Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson

We Do This ‘Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba


The Pedagogy of Pathologization: Dis/abled Girls of Color in the School-prison Nexus by Subini Ancy Annamma


Deaf People in the Criminal Justice System: Selected Topics on Advocacy, Incarceration, and Social Justice edited by Debra Guthmann, Gabriel I. Lomas, Damara Goff Paris, and Gabriel A. “Tony” Martin


Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada edited by L. Ben-Moshe, C. Chapman, and A. Carey

Further Resources


SistersInside & Debbie Kilroy (@debkilroy) #FreeHer #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

Incarceration Nation (@inc_nation_au) documentary airs 29 August 2021 on NITV

Article on Incarceration Nation

The Dhadjowa Foundation 

13th (Netflix)

#RaiseTheAge 

Amy McQuire

National Prison Book Program, run by the Australian Prison Foundation (https://alc.org.au) 


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/17/australia-is-outraged-over-george-floyd-what-about-black-lives-our-shores/ 

Prison by Any Other Name interview with authors

Currently Reading

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

The Smell of Other People’s Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

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