LACUNY Services for Incarcerated People Roundtable

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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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