Disability Justice and Abolition

Popular Press

• Abrams, A. (2020, June 25). Black, disabled and at risk: The overlooked problem of police violence against Americans with disabilities. Time. https://time.com/5857438/police-violence-black-disabled/
• Adler-Bolton, B. (2021, June 28). #FreeBritney and #FreeThemAll. Mental Health. https://mentalhellth.xyz/p/freebritney-and-freethemall
• Lewis, T. (2020, Oct. 7). Disability justice is an essential part of abolishing police and prisons. LEVEL. https://level.medium.com/disability-justice-is-an-essential-part-of-abolishing-police-and-prisons-2b4a019b5730
• Lewis, T. (2017, Jan 28). Emmett Till & the pervasive erasure of disability in conversations about white supremacy & police violence. Medium. https://medium.com/@talewis/emmett-till-the-pervasive-erasure-of-disability-in-conversations-about-white-supremacy-police-5eb9ad595ba2
• Lewis, T.A., & Gibson, D. (2018, Sept. 5). The prison strike challenges ableism and defends disability rights. Truthout. https://truthout.org/articles/the-prison-strike-is-a-disability-rights-issue/
• Logan, J. (2021, July 30). Psychology’s own ethical standards demand prison abolition. Mad in America. https://www.madinamerica.com/2021/07/psychologys-ethical-standards-demand-prison-abolition/
• MacDonald-Evoy, J. (2020, June 5). A black mother called 911 for her son’s mental health crisis. Tempe PD brought rifles, a riot shield and a K-9. AZ Mirror. https://www.azmirror.com/2020/06/05/mental-health-crisis-tempe-police-assault-rifles-riot-shield/
• Mensah, S.A. (2020, July 22). Abolition must include psychiatry. Disability Visibility Project. https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/07/22/abolition-must-include-psychiatry/
• Yancy, G. (2023, Jan. 8). Incarceration and ableism go hand in hand, says abolitionist Talila Lewis. Truthout. https://truthout.org/articles/incarceration-and-ableism-go-hand-in-hand-says-abolitionist-talila-lewis/

Multimedia

• BCRW. (2020, Apr. 10). Moving at the speed of trust: Disability justice and transformative justice [Video]. BCRW. https://bcrw.barnard.edu/event/moving-at-the-speed-of-trust-disability-and-transformative-justice/
• BEHEARDDC. (2014, June 26). Deaf in prison [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/AstF5kMaH_w