Bridges Inside

Bridges Inside is a forum for scholars, students, and other community members interested in prison justice.

Current Discussion Series

From August to December 2024, we will discuss Tommie Shelby’s book The Idea of Prison Abolition (2022) alongside selected poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.

Upcoming events

  • August 8th

    SAM SHPALL & JEDIDIAH EVANS

    Tommie Shelby, The Idea of Prison Abolition, Inroduction & Chapter 1

    Various authors, selected prison poetry

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  • September 5th

    AMIE DOAN

    Tommie Shelby, The Idea of Prison Abolition, Chapter 2

    James Baldwin, selected essays

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  • October 3rd

    JEDIDIAH EVANS

    Tommie Shelby, The Idea of Prison Abolition, Chapter 3

    Jimmy Santiago Baca, A Place to Stand

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  • November 7th

    LILY PATCHETT

    Tommie Shelby, The Idea of Prison Abolition, Chapter 4

    Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes From a Dead House

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  • December 5th

    SAM SHPALL & JEDIDIAH EVANS

    Tommie Shelby, The Idea of Prison Abolition, Chapter 5 & Chapter 6

    Graeme Dixon, Holocaust Island

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