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. It also provides 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 in order to incarcerate multiply marginalised disabled people, especially those who are queer, trans, Black, or Indigenous.

Because disabled people are much more likely than non-disabled 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 their work. A People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice provides 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 towards 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.