States of prison abolition: COVID-19 and anti-colonial and anti-racist organising
- Publisher:
- Bristol University Press
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Justice, Power and Resistance, 2022, 5, (1-2), pp. 46-66
- Issue Date:
- 2022-06-01
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Until recently, carceral and penal logics have proliferated the global scene unabated. The coronavirus
pandemic not only ushered a moment of pause for the world, but in some areas, even a reversal
in carceral trends. In many countries, some sectors experienced unprecedented reductions in
imprisonment and migrant detention. Even where the pandemic advanced more invasive carceral
controls, such as with policing through health checks and issuing tickets, it also fuelled global
resistance through the Black Lives Matter movement. In the wake of the pandemic, an uprising of
activists, advocates and supporters captured the public imagination with anti-racist and abolition
uprisings and advances in community care. In the lands now known as Australia and Canada, where
the criminalisation and incarceration of Indigenous people has been increasing, this mobilising has
resulted in important alliances and advancements to challenge these carceral and penal trajectories.
In this article, we trace several abolitionist initiatives to show how the convergence of COVID-19 and
anti-racist and anti-colonial movements catalysed an important moment for abolitionist organising.
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