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Harm to healing : a pathway to abolition / Felicia Carbajal ; edited by Ian Cummins and Louis Mendoza.

2025 Lived Places Publishing Library Collection Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Carbajal, Felicia, author.
Contributor:
Cummins, Ian.
Mendoza, Louis.
Series:
Carceral Studies (Lived Places Publishing)
Carceral Studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Discrimination.
Race relations.
Ex-convicts--United States--Biography.
Ex-convicts.
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Minorities--United States--Social conditions.
Minorities.
Mass incarceration--United States.
Mass incarceration.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (134 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : Lived Places Publishing, 2025.
Summary:
Explore the lived experience of survivors of harm and incarceration and how their lack of safety is fundamentally linked to race, gender, and sexual orientation.
Contents:
FrontCover
Half-Title
Title Page
Copyright Information
Abstract
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 How It Began
520 S. 11th
2 Gun Violence, A Night's Impact
Cannabis for Queers
Oakland: The Town
A Night's Impact
Life as a Crime Survivor
3 Criminal Justice in California and Beyond
Prisons and Jails as Part of a Larger Criminal Justice Issue in California and Beyond
Disparities and Harm
The Movement for Prison Abolition and Reform
4 Jail: A Walk on the Wild Side
Statistics
Drug-Related Offenses
Prostitution and Sex Work
Domestic Violence and Self-Defense
Property Crimes
Parole and Probation Violations
Transportation within Justice Institutions
5 A-Yard
I was W#72703
Diving Deeper with Statistics
6 Just a Bunch of Bad Girls
The Valley State Prison for Women, Chowchilla, California (Now Called the Valley State Prison for Men)
Just a Shy Girl's Pain: A Mirror to Systemic Injustices
Limited Privilege
7 Reclaiming Agency: Unlearning What No Longer Serves
The Three Strikes Law
Intersectionality in Community
8 Maintaining Sanity in the "Free World"
Navigating the Not-so-Free World
The Pursuit of Sanity
Embracing Abolition
9 Walking into Wholeness
Chronos
Life Outside
Introduction to Abolition
Post-Incarceration to Present Day
10 Finding Redemption and Reward
Economic Opportunities and Ancestral Connection
The Founding of the Social Impact Center
Recommended Assignments
Reflective Essay on Abolitionist Praxis
Community Action Project: Designing a Mutual Aid Toolkit
Storytelling Workshop: Sharing Narratives of Resilience and Resistance
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9781916704602
1916704603
9781916704596
191670459X
OCLC:
1492940500

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