ZINE CRITIQUES OF INCARCERATION
- Elgin Smith
- Dec 4, 2024
- 2 min read
Here are resources that challenge the assumption that systems of incarceration are inevitable and just.
Rachel Marie-Crane Williams and Project NIA
Published June 16, 2012
This zine takes a look at how the school-to-prison-pipeline disproportionately affects people of color, primarily men of color. It looks at the start of the juvenile justice system in 1899 and gives facts about arrest rates today. The end of the zine examines strategies and plans for reform and what we can do in our everyday lives.
Teaching tool: This book beautifully illustrates what the concept of the school-to-prison-pipeline is, and the traumas it engenders. It explains perfectly what the concept is and how it affects marginalized communities.
Rachel Marie-Crane Williams and Project NIA
Published June 16, 2012
Rachel Marie-Crane Williams created a wonderful resource here that examines the juvenile justice system in Illinois. The zine provides information from 1899 to 2010, and strategies, plans and ideas for reform.
Teaching tool: This is a self-explanatory book. If you want an accessible history of the juvenile justice system, then this is the book for you.
Rachel Marie-Crane Williams and Project NIA
Published on June 16, 2012
This zine tells the story of what happens to girls and women who enter the juvenile justice system at a young age. It challenges our understandings of who is at risk and what the risks are. At the end, we are shown strategies and plans for reform.
Teaching tool: This is recommended reading for young women starting at the middle school level. It is beneficial for understanding what can happen and what is happening, and how to fight and work around it. This comic book is a great building block.
Chicago Prison Industrial Complex Teaching Collective,
Billy Dee (Illustrator), and Project NIA
Published on April 30, 2012
This zine was created for youth and adults alike to understand what the prison industrial complex is and the results of this system. It is a beautifully illustrated zine that shows the truth of who and how prisons affect our communities.
Teaching tool: In just a few pages, this zine fully explains what the prison industrial complex is, who it affects, and how it is still thriving to this day. This is recommended for all ages.
Bill Campbell, Jason Rodriguez, and John Jennings Oct 2015
This book examines issues such as police brutality and the prison industrial complex. Their art touches on several police shootings and their victims, such as Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and Michael Brown, and delves into the historical aspects of the civil rights movements, including Martin Luther King Jr, Ruby Bridges, and several peaceful protests turned violent by the police. This anthology is meant to spark conversations about the ways systematic racism integrates itself into society. All proceeds are donated to the Innocence Project.
Teaching tool: This series of comic strips are a great take on artists of color expressing themselves concerning issues of police brutality while also addressing cultural norms and the systemic racism faced by Black communities.
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