Decarcerating Disability News Today

Sixty years after deinstitutionalization began, politicians and pundits across the political spectrum falsely declare it to be a failure — when in reality, the vision has yet to be funded or realized.

Liat Ben-Moshe will join a virtual event with The New Press on Friday, May 21 at 2:00 p.m. (3:00 Eastern) for a discussion of her book, Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition. She will be joined by Angela Y. Davis, Beth Richie, Maya Schenwar, and Victoria Law for a conversation about disability, madness, and prison abolition. Liat Ben-Moshe provides case studies that show how prison abolition is not an unattainable goal but rather a reality, and how it plays ou...