S3E9: Writing His Way Out: Emile Suotonye DeWeaver on Abolition and Imagination

In this powerful episode of Just Justice, writer, organizer, and abolitionist Emile Suotonye DeWeaver, author of Ghosts in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist Future, draws on more than two decades of incarceration to offer a deeply personal and sharply analytical critique of the U.S. criminal legal system, along with a bold vision for what justice could look like beyond prisons. Emile reflects on how writing quite literally helped secure his release, why his story is inseparable from the collective wisdom of people still inside the walls, and what an abolitionist future demands of our imagination.

To learn more about Emilie's work, go to Re:Frame at https://www.reframeconsults.com/about-emile

Pick up your copy of Ghosts in the Criminal Justice Machine here.

To learn more about Jessica Henry, go to www.jessicahenryjustice.com.

Audio mixing by Kaz Araki