Description
| Product ID: | 9781839762734 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Free Them All |
| Subtitle: | A Feminist Call to Abolish the Prison System |
| Authors: | Author: Gwenola Ricordeau, Tom Roberge, Emma Ramadan |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Feminism and feminist theory, Feminism & feminist theory, Causes and prevention of crime, Penology and punishment, Penology and punishment, Causes & prevention of crime, Penology & punishment, Prisons |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An indispensable guide to the feminist case for prison abolition An indispensable guide to the feminist case for prison abolition How does the criminal justice system affect women’s lives? Do prisons keep women safe? Should feminists rely on policing and the law to achieve women’s liberation? The mainstream feminist movement has proposed "locking up the bad men," and called on prisons, the legal system, and the state to protect women from misogynist violence. This carceral approach to feminism, activist and scholar Gwenola Ricordeau argues, does not make women safer: it harms women, including victims of violence, and in particular people of color, poor people, and LGBTQ people. In this scintillating, comprehensive study, Ricordeau draws from two decades as an abolitionist activist and scholar of the penal justice system to describe how the criminal justice system hurts women. Considering the position of survivors of violence, criminalized women, and women with criminalized relatives, Ricordeau charts a new path to emancipation without incarceration. WWith a new foreword by Silvia Federici. Translated from the French by Tom Roberge and Emma Ramadan. |
| Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
| Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-08-08 |