What Is the Carceral State?, created by the Community Organizations Team (Gabrielle French, Allie Goodman, Chloe Carlson, Matt Lassiter), is the first research report in the “Documenting and Confronting the Carceral State” series. These reports draw from the Carceral State Project’s 2018-2019 Symposium Series by combining video excerpts of the panelists with contextual material.
Part 1, What Is the Carceral State?, provides a broad introduction to the concept of carcerality and the expansiveness and scope of the carceral state. The report includes sections on racial criminalization, common misconceptions, language, formal and hidden aspects, immigration detention, and more. “What Is the Carceral State” includes 21 video clips from the symposium series, featuring directly impacted people and community activists, alongside charts/graphs and other contextual material.
