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Once There Was No Prison Rape: Ending Sexual Violence as Strategy for Prison Abolition

Once There Was No Prison Rape: Ending Sexual Violence as Strategy for Prison Abolition Once There Was No Prison Rape: Ending Sexual Violence as Strategy for Prison Abolition Jason M. Lydon, M.Div. “The truth is, the Administration believes rape and sexual assault is just a part of prison. It is a type of punishment. Not to punish you for your crime, but for being different—for being Gay or Trans or Deaf or just for being passive.” —a prisoner in Texas writing for Black and Pink newspaper “People are sentenced to prison as punishment, not for punishment . . . Corrections staff should be the very best people prisoners encounter.” —Kathleen Dennehy, former commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections This article focuses on the particular tension between prison reformist campaigns and abolitionist vision in efforts to address the needs of survivors of sexual violence in prison. Prison reform advocates, from conservative and progressive sides, have relied on punishment-expanding efforts to bring an end to sexual assault in prison. They rely on state actors and disciplinary actions to control individual acts of sexual violence. Abolitionist organizers, however, have offered very little to meet the immediate needs of incarcerated survivors. philoSOPHIA_6.1_05.indd 61 29/04/16 11:06 AM In an attempt to not extend the reach of state http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png philoSOPHIA State University of New York Press

Once There Was No Prison Rape: Ending Sexual Violence as Strategy for Prison Abolition

Lydon, Jason M.
philoSOPHIA , Volume 6 (1) – Aug 6, 2016
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Once There Was No Prison Rape: Ending Sexual Violence as Strategy for Prison Abolition Jason M. Lydon, M.Div. “The truth is, the Administration believes rape and sexual assault is just a part of prison. It is a type of punishment. Not to punish you for your crime, but for being different—for being Gay or Trans or Deaf or just for being passive.” —a prisoner in Texas writing for Black and Pink newspaper “People are sentenced to prison as punishment, not for punishment . . . Corrections staff should be the very best people prisoners encounter.” —Kathleen Dennehy, former commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections This article focuses on the particular tension between prison reformist campaigns and abolitionist vision in efforts to address the needs of survivors of sexual violence in prison. Prison reform advocates, from conservative and progressive sides, have relied on punishment-expanding efforts to bring an end to sexual assault in prison. They rely on state actors and disciplinary actions to control individual acts of sexual violence. Abolitionist organizers, however, have offered very little to meet the immediate needs of incarcerated survivors. philoSOPHIA_6.1_05.indd 61 29/04/16 11:06 AM In an attempt to not extend the reach of state

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