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LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable

The Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable provides a forum for librarians who support, or are interested in supporting, library services for incarcerated people to discuss current issues, broaden their understanding, and raise awareness of information barriers within the carceral system. The Roundtable connects CUNY librarians with other librarian-led groups, such as Prison Library Support Network, that provide direct services to incarcerated people, and serves as a resource for CUNY groups such as the UFS Committee on Higher Education in the Prisons and those working in prison education programs. https://lacunysips.commons.gc.cuny.edu/

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Interesting event happening today 1:15pm

  • Posted by Rachel Jones (she/they) on May 18, 2023 at 11:18 am

    https://mnylc.org/cps/the-library-as-carceral-geography-2023/

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    The Library as Carceral Geography: How LIS Professionals Can Engage in the Work of Liberatory Place-Making

    Presentation | Thursday, May 18, 2023 | 1:15pm – 2:15pm EST

    The prison industrial complex (PIC) extends far beyond the physical site of detention centers and correctional facilities, extending its grasp to public spaces and institutions. This discussion examines the function the Library serves in sustaining the PIC and how the Library participates in the targeting of racialized, poor, oppressed communities for incarceration through an abolitionist lens. Presenters will discuss library policies that criminalize and dehumanize community members, making them more vulnerable to policing and state violence in addition to exploring how Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals can engage in anti-carceral praxis by disrupting and eliminating these processes of criminalization.

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