Violence In Prisons

1. Dean Spade, The Laws Will Never Make us Safe. “Some people who are identifying prisons and boarders as some of the most significant forms of violence that need to be opposed and resisted by queer and Trans politics, are calling for an end to all prisons.”

The article is addressing issues of violence among individuals who become easy victims of hate crimes with in the criminal justice system. Much like how Queer and trans individuals are working towards trying to dismantle the racial identity in the criminal punishment system. They are questioning the system for the rights of people who people easy targets and who have been attacked in the past and are of equal significance while working towards making a just and unequal system of oppression. Understanding the fundamental message of hate crime, they are trying to solve the issue by putting bad people behind bars, instead the opposite is true. The truth lies in how the prisons have become a home for people of color, poor people and people with disabilities. (Spade,2015) The prisons are acting as a home for the individuals who were charged with a minor crime but are instead kept within the
“ As black women who are generally marginalized in the labor force by forcing themselves to question the real class situation of people who are not just contributing as making this economy equally enriching as any other member of the society. Since, the black feminist women are dealing with oppression of racial, sexual and class implications which heavily rely on both cultural and political aspects.” (Rich,2018) Having to talk about such oppressions would create a workplace where we can try to neglect such oppressions towards dwelling on the real values of a