Azadeh Shahshahani

How settler colonial states use incarceration as a tool of dehumanization during the COVID crisis

Azadeh Shahshahani and Charlotte Kates / July 10, 2020 / 9 min read

Incarceration is a manifestation and continuation of chronic and interwoven structures of oppression. It is used to enforce racial capitalism, apartheid and colonialism, from the US to Canada to occupied Palestine. This system is not broken because it tolerates the death traps prisons and jails have become. It is functioning exactly as designed, and will not provide justice in response to this tragedy.

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