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#Repost @mia.mingus (@get_repost) ・・・ Every disabled person should be a prison abolitionist. Every disability org/group should be showing public solidarity w the prison strike, incarcerated folks, and abolition work at large. . Prison abolition is a critical and necessary part of work to challenge ableism and build Disability Justice. . Ableism—esp sanism—criminalization, incarceration and institutionalization have long, violent, intertwined histories. Particularly how they have been used w colonization, christian supremacy, misogyny, white supremacy against indigenous, POC, women, queer, and GNC folks. . Historically prisons, jails, mental institutions and psychiatric wards have worked in tandem to incarcerate and institutionalize “mentally ill” and “dangerous” people. This is still true: until recently the largest psych ward in the country was housed inside an LA prison. . The prison system is also a huge part of the medical industrial complex, (in part bc the US locks up so many damn people), and a major site of medicalized violence (e.g. forced medicalization). Prisons are not only filled w disabled ppl, but they also intensify and produce disability through all kinds of violence, trauma, and abuse (e.g. solitary confinement, denied access to medications/services). . Disabled folks have long histories of being “locked up,” “hidden away,” and “forgotten about,” having been institutionalized and incarcerated at extraordinarily high rates, locked away in the back rooms of our families’ homes, abandoned at hospitals to be “treated” (aka experimented on), and considered disposable and expendable, even by our own kin. . . LINK IN BIO: https://truthout.org/articles/the-prison-strike-is-a-disability-rights-issue/. I also recommend HEARD’s (@behearddc) statement on the prison strike along w abt 25 other groups which you can find through their FB page: https://m.facebook.com/HEARDDC. They have versions in english, spanish, ASL. . . [Article from @TruthOut “The Prison Strike Challenges Ableism and Defends Disability Rights” by Talila A. Lewis and Dustin Gibson with a photo of a hazy sun above a prison fence.] . . #PrisonStrike #PrisonAbolitionNow #DisabilityJustice https://www.instagram.com/p/BnoHcLQBvYsra-dOSRjM3CvY-GagWny5SzxWII0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1w28glb05b8yi

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#Repost @mia.mingus (@get_repost) ・・・ And no exceptions for disabled people. I hope there are abled folks who will fight for and be in solidarity with disabled folks on this. Damn. . Now we are criminalizing people who use straws? Criminalization will *never* lead us to liberation. Using criminalization as a strategy will always help those at the top and harm those at the bottom. . From the article by Christian Britschgi: “When Seattle became the first major city in the United States to ban plastic straws in September 2017, it carved out an exemption for compostable plastic straws and made any violation an infraction punishable by a $250 fine. Santa Barbara, by contrast, has banned even compostable straws, permitting only drinking tubes made from nonplastic materials such as paper, metal, or bamboo. The city also has made any violation of its straw prohibition both an administrative infraction carrying a $100 fine and a misdemeanor, punishable by a maximum fine of $1,000 and up to six months in jail. Each contraband straw or unsolicited plastic stirrer counts as a separate violation, so fines and jail time could stack up quickly.” . “Unlike other enacted or proposed straw bans, Santa Barbara's does not include an automatic exemption for the disabled, who often lack the ability to bring cup to lip. Restaurant owners can request an exemption based on medical necessity, but granting one is at the city's discretion.” . link to article: https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/19/santa-barbara-bans-plastic-straws-proscr . [screen shot of an article by Christian Britschgi entitled: “Santa Barbara Bans Plastic Straws, Authorizes $1,000 Fines and Jail Time for Violators. The California city has passed what is likely the most severe straw ban in the country.” with a picture of colorful bendy plastic straws.] . #disability #ableism #SuckItAbleism #DisabilityJustice #disabled #StrawBan #ClimateJustice #ZeroWaste #EnvironmentalJustice #Criminalization #PrisonAbolitionNOW