LALS 113 Criminality, Migration, and Abolition

Traces abolitionist genealogies from the Black Radical Tradition and anti-slavery rebellions to the anti-carceral movement against the prison industrial complex. Focuses on the origins of U.S. criminality and carcerality in conjunction with the inception of U.S. detention practices and immigration policy. Explores emergent interventions such as abolition feminism, abolish ICE, and abolition discourse from the margins to the mainstream.