All this safety is killing us : health justice beyond prisons, police, and borders
2025
Book
"Exposing how marginalized communities are vilified by 'carceral safety' systems, educators and health justice advocates Carlos Martinez and Ronica Mukerjee call for a radical break with reformist strategies in favor of ones grounded in grassroots organizing and abolition. Prisons, border security, and police forces are meant to protect. Yet for the most vulnerable, they more often cause harm. Funded in response to a never ending 'crime wave,' people with disabilities, Black and brown people, trans and queer people, people with mental health diagnoses, and survivors of trauma and abuse are targeted by punitive carceral policies. These policies perpetuate physical, psychological, and intergenerational harm. And they don't keep anyone safe. 'All This Safety is Killing Us' reflects this view, combining political strategy with evidence-based medical and social science research to envision a post-carceral society. With contributions from scholars, activists and artists, 'All This Safety is Killing Us' marks a radical break from punitive frameworks. Bringing scholarly research into public conversation, this book shows that those working within public health and medical fields have a critical role to play in creating a truly safe and flourishing society"-- Publisher.
Item Details
ISBN: 9798889841401
Description: xlvii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes:
- "Abolitionist frameworks and practicies from clinicians, organizers, and incarcerated activists"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-324 and end of chapters) and index.
Contents:
- Foreword / by Rachel Herzing
- Preface / by Carlos Martinez and Ronica Mukerjee
- 1. Trauma, Restorative Justice, and Abolition / by Ronald Leftwich with Hanna Michelle Brower
- 2. Policing the Trauma Bay: The Entanglement of the Carceral State and the Emergency Room / by Mihir Chaudhary
- 3. Our Work Environments Do Not Heal: A Conversation on Carceral Health Care / by Alexia Arani and Vanessa K. Ferrel
- 4. Abolition Is Public Health / by End Police Violence Collective
- 5. Interview with Lero F. Moore Jr. / by Ronica Mukerjee
- 6. From Policing to Providing: How Hospitals Act as Entry Points to the Family Policing System and Opportunities for Harm Reduction / by Jenna Heath, Elizabeth hur, and Nicole Mitchell Chadwick
- 7. Medical Neglect as Carceral Violence: How Incarcerated Women Seek Health, Give Care, and Resist Violence Behind Bars / by Aminah elster, Jennifer Elyse James, Giselle Perez-Aguilar, and Leslie Riddle
- 8. Abolish ICE Transfers / by Tien Pham, Amber Akemi Piatt, and Nate Tan
- 9. Care, Not Cages: A Call to End the Global War on Drugs / by Onynye Alheri
- 10. Survival Pending Revolution: Toward an Abolitionist Harm Reduction Praxis / by Rafik Nader Wahbi, Carlos Martinez, and Lauren Textor
- 11. Interview with Liat Ben-Moshe / by Ronica Mukerjee
- 12. Crisis Limits: Toward Abolitionist Behavioral Health Infrastructures / by Naomi Schoenfeld and Jennifer Esteen
- 13. Conclusion / by Ronica Mukerjee and Carlos Martinez.
Control Number: 3395032
Publisher: Berkeley, CA : North Atlantic Books, [2025]