A People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice

Disability justice and prison abolition are two increasingly popular
theories that overlap but whose intersection has rarely been explored in
depth. A People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice explains the
history and theories behind abolition and disability justice in a way that
is easy to understand for those new to these concepts yet also gives
insights that will be useful to seasoned activists. The book uses extensive
research and professional and lived experience to illuminate the way the
State uses disability and its power to disable to incarcerate multiply
marginalized disabled people, especially those who are queer, trans, Black,
or Indigenous. Because disabled people are much more likely than
nondisabled people to be locked up in prisons, jails, and other sites of
incarceration, abolitionists, and others critical of carceral systems must
incorporate a disability justice perspective into our work. A People's
Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice gives personal and policy
examples of how and why disabled people are disproportionately caught up in
the carceral net, and how we can use this information to work toward prison
and police abolition more effectively. This book includes practical tools
and strategies that will be useful for anyone who cares about disability
justice or abolition and explains why we can't have one without the other.