Two years ago, prison abolitionists succeeded in convincing the government of the city of New York to agree to close the torturous jail on Rikers Island. The solution? A kinder, friendlier, "neighborhood" jail in each borough! With a decisive city council vote coming up, prison abolitionist Nadja Guyot from No New Jails joins us to talk about the fight against these absurd "Justice Hubs," decarceration, and practical abolitionism.
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Notes:
Rebranding Mass Incarceration: The Lippman Commission and Carceral Devolution in New York City Zhandarka Kurti & Jarrod Shanahan: https://search.proquest.com/openview/7f95de7b70ab31d0f92c51bc61ade9df/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=48122
A Jail to End all Jails: https://urbanomnibus.net/2017/12/jail-end-jails/
Justice Hubs: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/07/designing-the-opposite-of-rikers/533361/
Kalief Browder: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/nyregion/kalief-browder-settlement-lawsuit.html
Closing song: Lil Wayne - Light Up (Rikers version)