Disability, Madness, Liberation: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition
Disability, Madness, Liberation: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition
Join us for a live streamed session from the Socialism 2022 conference, in Chicago.
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Prison abolition and massive decarceration are often portrayed as utopian ideals, but few have grappled with the fact that it has happened already. The history of the deinstitutionalization movement from psychiatric hospitals and residential institutions shows the limits of rights and legal discourses as well as hope for abolition of carcerality in our time. Join Dr. Liat Ben-Moshe for a discussion of the intersections of disability justice and prison abolition.
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