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Year:: 2023
Contributor:: Yeni, Sithandiwe (author); Peterson, Marlon (author)
Genre:: articles
Subject:: Abolition; Decarceration; Solidarity; Marlon Peterson
Extent:: pp. 28-33
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/4dhm-cb67

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Abstract:: The prison is a commodity frontier. Building on the work of Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Abolitionist Geographies, the prison-industrial complex is indeed a space where especially Black bodies are disciplined and commodified, where accumulation is achieved through structured marginalization and control of those bodies as “surplus,” where denigration of racialized “others” is achieved through ongoing bodily and emotional harm that perpetuates harm, and where resistances contest the very roots of the problem. In this contribution, Stha Yeni speaks to Marlon Peterson, a self-described inspiration whisperer, writer, criminal legal system expert, and public speaker. Peterson spent a decade in a New York State prison, subsequently working in service of, and collaboration with, communities on the prison pipeline and current and formerly incarcerated people. He is the host of the DEcarcerated Podcast and recently published a book titled, Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist’s Freedom Song. In this conversation, Yeni and Peterson discuss the concept and practice of abolition, international abolitionist solidarity, community learning and engagement, and breaking chains of harm.

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Use and Reproduction: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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Yeni, Sithandiwe, and Peterson, Marlon, "Contesting Harm at the Roots: Some Thoughts on The Prison System from a Previously Incarcerated Activist" (2023). Commodity Frontiers. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/4dhm-cb67

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Commodity Frontiers: Journal of the Commodity Frontiers Initiative (CFI): Human Body Frontiers Issue 05

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Commodity Frontiers

Commodity Frontiers is the Journal of the Commodity Frontiers Initiative (CFI). Edited by a group of scholars and researchers from various disciplines and organizations in the CFI Network, the Journal explores the history and present of capitalism, contestation, and ecological …
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Contesting Harm at the Roots: Some Thoughts on The Prison System from a Previously Incarcerated Activist