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Disability and Arrest Rates

December 11, 2017February 7, 2019

From the great s.e. smith, a new piece at Tonic (VICE) on disability and arrest rates: As conversations about disparities in police killings and incarceration rates hit the news, one researcher wanted to answer a simple question: What’s the demographic profile of people being arrested? “I was looking for data and I was unable to find … Continue ReadingDisability and Arrest Rates

History: Ableism and Incarceration

September 22, 2016February 7, 2019

Bitch Media Magazine has a good feature on disability and incarceration. Cheryl Green, the author, takes us through some of the history of de-institutionalization, then writes this excellent paragraph [my emphasis]: As a culture, we never addressed the ableist biases that led us to want to lock up disabled people in the first place. The politics of … Continue ReadingHistory: Ableism and Incarceration