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Abolitionist intimacies / El Jones.

by Jones, El, 1979-

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Fernwood Publishing, c2022.

Canadian essays -- 21st century.

Prison abolition movements -- Miscellanea.

Prison abolition movements -- Poetry.

Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award.

9781773635521 (pbk.)

218 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-210) and index.

"In 'Abolitionist Intimacies,' El Jones [a poet, journalist, professor, activist and Halifax's Poet Laureate from 2013 to 2015] examines the movement to abolish prisons through the Black feminist principles of care and collectivity. Understanding the history of prisons in Canada in their relationship to settler colonialism and anti-Black racism, Jones observes how practices of intimacy become imbued with state violence at carceral sites including prisons, policing, borders, and through purported care institutions such as hospitals and social work. The state also polices intimacy through mechanisms such as the prison visit, strip search, and managing community contact with incarcerated people. Despite this, Jones argues, intimacy is integral to the ongoing struggles of prisoners for justice and liberation through the care work of building relationships and organizing with the people inside. Through characteristically fierce and personal prose and poetry, and motivated by a decade of prison justice work, Jones observes that abolition is not only a political movement to end prisons; it is also an intimate one deeply motivated by commitment and love."--Back cover.

Winner of the Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award, 2023.

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