We Keep Each Other Safe
Organizing for Prison Abolition during a Pandemic
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In We Keep Each Other Safe the authors examine how the pandemic has brought with it an opportunity to push for decarceration as well as opportunity to imagine what a world without prisons could look like. This chapter discusses the work of the Toronto Prisoners’ Rights Project (TPRP), a grassroots organization that uses mutual aid, direct action, and public education to support prisoners and promote prison abolition.
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Contributors
Jessica Evans
Jessica Evans is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University and a founding member of the Toronto Prisoners’ Rights Project.
Alannah Fricker
Alannah Fricker is a student in Toronto Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Community Services, working toward the completion of her Bachelor in Social Work. Alannah tirelessly advocates for changemaking within the overdose crisis and actively challenges the perception of drug use both on and off campus. Alannah also works on campaigns for police abolition and prisoner solidarity.
Rajean Hoilett
Rajean Hoilett is a community and labour organizer and member of the Toronto Prisoners’ Rights Project.
