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This week, Inquest explored what outside journalists stand to learn from their incarcerated peers, and interviewed Mariame Kaba and Vic Liu about their ongoing abolitionist art installation in NYC. Get the full recap: mailchi.mp/inquest.o...
"Criminalization is fascism’s indispensable fuel. And since criminalization determines people’s fates, we are all vulnerable to it in different ways." — Prisonculture
Thanks, once again, to @interdependentstudy.com for platforming a thoughtful conversation about one of our articles, this time from our Carceral AI series. You can read the article from @dashapruss.bsky.social at the link below and then go listen to their discussion. inquest.org/carceral-ai-...
"The prison journalist needs what every journalist needs: the ability to speak freely with a range of sources, to publish truthfully without fear of reprisal, and to work in a safe, well-compensated, union-eligible newsroom." — Dan Berger
Vic and I talk about our Warehouse Exhibition at Bedford Library. The exhibition ends on June 28. Stop by before then: inquest.org/hope-is-a-di... - thanks to @inquest.bsky.social for allowing us to share our thoughts.
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"In this moment, what role can media generally—and incarcerated journalists in particular—play in advancing the cause of democracy against the reality of surveillance, punishment, and authoritarianism?" Dan Berger asking the important, hard questions.
"Abolition is normal & accessible. So often people fixate on the question of 'Should we have prisons?' This exhibition reminds us to ask: 'What could we use more of? What could we be doing instead?'" Vic Liu & Prisonculture discuss their ongoing NYC art show.
"Even if the system is unwilling to make meaningful investments in rehabilitation, incentivizing the work many of us are doing to change ourselves would help." Incarcerated author Dyego Foddrell on systemic disinvestment in NY prisons.
"In total, there are twelve different qualifying achievements, all of which require a minimum of two years of participation. But no matter how many you do, you receive the exact same sentence reduction as someone who only does one: six months." —Dyego Foddrell
This week, Inquest covered the work incarcerated people are doing to support their own growth inside prisons, and explored the little-known queer history of the Satanic Panic. Get the full recap: mailchi.mp/inquest.o...
An ongoing abolitionist art installation at the Bedford branch of the Brooklyn Public Library helps patrons to visualize a future free of prisons.
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Facial recognition is just the tip of the iceberg. Today, AI is being used to monitor social media, track ICE targets, and classify swaths of the population as “future” criminals.
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In today’s episode, we discuss the piece “Carceral AI is here. It’s time to fight back.” by @dashapruss.bsky.social in @inquest.bsky.social.
There’s a general disinterest within the prison system in the rehabilitation of incarcerated individuals. This is cruel, and it is shortsighted.
