S2: Episode 2: COVID as a Public Health Issue

In this episode we consider the spread of COVID in prison from a public health perspective. We’ll hear from abolitionist organizers in WA state, and speak with Dr. Aaron Mallory, assistant professor of Geography and African American Studies at FSU. We discuss a variety of public health responses and ask what this moment opens up for thinking about carcerality, responsibility and abolition.

Music: dex digi (Dexter Thomas)

Intro: Piano Ruff Stilt Lodrum a

Interlude/Transition: Africa Again Lodrum a

Outro: Lofi Ting a

ACLU/ Prison Policy Initiative “Failing Grades”

APHA “Advancing Public Health Interventions to Address the Harms of the Carceral System”

APHA “Abolition is Public Health”

Free Them All WA

Prison Policy COVID spread as of June 2020

Prison Policy Initiative States of Emergency

“Surviving the Pandemic in Prison” Interview with incarcerated abolitionist, Lawrence Jenkins on COVID inside Stafford Creek CC

UCLA Law COVID Behind Bars Data Project

Dr. Aaron Mallory, African and African American Studies in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. Aaron received their PhD in Geography from the University of Minnesota. You can reach Dr. Mallory at @Mallory_Air on twitter, dr_former_lover on IG, and aarondmallory@gmail.com