Information wants to be free and so do we. This event is a pop up library on communication, control, and mass incarceration. Join us as we to question the idea that social, emotional, and intellectual control are necessary for public safety, rehabilitation, and justice. The event will explore several different perspectives on the subject of incarceration with the following participants: Britteney Black Rose Kapri, YCA teaching artist who also teaches poetry at JDTC will discuss her experiences working with juveniles and interview one of her former students from the detention center. In addition, we will have representatives from the group, Black and Pink* And a Black, female former corrections officer from Wisconsin, Velvet Rose Moore-Owen reading an excerpt from her upcoming book, Incarcerated: A Memoir.

*Black and Pink: Chicago is an open family of GLBTQ prisoners and "free world" allies who support each other. Our work toward the abolition of the prison industrial complex is rooted in the experience of currently and formerly incarcerated people. We are outraged by the specific violence of the prison industrial complex against GLBTQ people, and respond through advocacy, education, direct service, and organizing.