A People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice -- Katie Tastrom

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